Originally Posted by ofofhy
That is one of the worst sentences I have ever seen written in the English language.
That said, what is the downfall of having a few spokes that are off in tension? I have a wheel on my beater that I recently trued using the frame as a makeshift truing stand. When I finished, I found two spokes that seemed to be much lower in tension than the others. Is it safety or performance that will suffer? Is the less tense spoke more susceptible to breakage?
Is it that bad? My grammar on the internet is horrible i know, i type fast and dont think about what im saying.
The advantage to good spoke tension is the spoke life. Spokes with radically uneven tension break, loose spokes are bent when they are in line with the hub and ground and are stretched when they are opposite from the ground. Like a paper clip being bent continuously, they will break.