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Old 06-26-09, 12:25 PM
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Originally Posted by merlinextraligh
<snip> The spoke tension on the wheels is high, and that can lead to cracking around the rims.<snip>
What is the specified spoke tension? I was retensioning a pair of older Rolfs on my single and was shocked to find a low specified front tension of 55kgf and a driveside rear tension of 100kgf. Both my wheels were in this range.
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