Old 01-31-13 | 09:05 AM
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Bikes: Early 90's Pinarello Gavia, '84 Guerciotti, '91 GF Hoo Koo e Koo, '88 Giant Iguana, '09 Specialized XC

lube

good tip i got and haven't heard it reiterated here is to apply plenty of lube, (tri-flow, etc.) to eyelets and nipple during truing/tensioning. the less friction the better and you get more actual nipple turn instead of spoke torsion.

My experience with the DT is spoke lengths coming out 1-2mm long, then running out of threads for adequate tension. I've been knocking 1-2mm off DT calc'd spoke lengths for my builds. Total of 4 wheels built now which isn't a huge database of info, just my experience.
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