Originally Posted by
Sixty Fiver
It is not uncommon to get a little ping from a newly built wheel... if the spokes have been properly tensioned and de-stressed they are going to settle in after a few rotations of the wheel while it is under load and then all should be quiet.
Thanks 'Sixty Fiver', thats exactly what happened. Like I said in my original post, I did my homework on this. When I took it out for a ride it only 'pinged' three or four times and then it settled down. Put it back in the stand and was only 'off' a little bit laterally. Radially it was still near perfect. Since then I have not had a peep of a problem ever since, and thats after around 300 miles. I'm no expert on wheel building, but I did a good job on this one. Lot of fun too. Started about 0400 in the morning, while all the kids were asleep and went at it.
