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Old 03-27-13 | 06:52 PM
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Originally Posted by gc3
I dunno about all that, but always understood the goal was to get a trued and perfectly round wheel that would stay that way, not one with spoke tension maxed out or exactly the same for all spokes. But y'all are the experts, so I'll shut up. And as much as I don't want to appear to be in agreement with Robert...using expensive hubs on an otherwise cost-conscious build just seems counter-intuitive.
Well, having all the spokes uniformly tensioned close to the limit MAKES the wheel stay true and round longer because no one spoke is going to be de-tensioned during transient flexing or loading.
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