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Old 07-02-14 | 11:09 AM
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Originally Posted by himespau
Is spoke squeezing good enough? I probably do it in a way that's too slow, but I start out with my feelers in my stand fairly wide and move them in a little at the time. Before I move them in, I squeeze the paired spokes, check to see if anything has changed, and then move the feelers in a little closer. I'm in the middle of building my second wheelset this way, but for various reasons the first wheelset never got used, so I don't know if this is good enough. I suppose I'll find out when I ride them and either true now or true later.

Edit: looks like I took too long to write my question and Scrod answered it before I even asked it.
Squeezing works but when you're near/at finished tension pushing down on the rim, as Scrod described, works the best, otherwise you will find out after riding.

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