Originally Posted by ostro
I will be buying a tensionmeter, i am sure you know the feeling. (gotta have all the tools)
arent your supposed to use linseed oil?
linseed oil is just one of many methods of preparing spokes. heres a few others:
wheelsmith spokeprep (essentially synthetic linseed)
DT spokefreeze (actually a threadlocker used after the wheel is built, used in conjunction with triflow)
phil wood tenacious oil
motor oil
bearing grease
any others i missed?
a couple notes for the building process, i like to put a drop of triflow between the rim and nipple, makes the final tensioning much smoother. also, stress relieving and unwinding are very important, as is a tensiometer and equal spoke tensions (+/-)
and beware that after you build your first wheel you WILL be looking for reasons to build more!