Originally Posted by
rgoo92
well he was tlaking about how hes had a bunch of customers who bought online wheels come in for replacements and then they have to decide if they want a better wheel or to take another chance with the discounted one
ill do some more research on this. thanks everyone for your answers! how woudl you know if the wheel is handbuilt?
you can distinguish between poorly built and well built wheels.
mainly by checking spoke tension and stress relieving.
pinging from the wheels = wasn't stress relieved.
checking spoke tension requires either absolute pitch or a tension meter.