Originally Posted by
bjtesch
You can read my other thread about building wheels. You want the wheels to be tensioned to be within the desired range but the range can be hard to find. You also want the tensions to be fairly even from spoke to spoke. The exception will be in the rear wheel where the dish in the wheel requires the spokes on the righthand (derailleur) side to be tighter than the spokes on the opposite side.
http://www.bikeforums.net/bicycle-me...e-tension.html
Building wheels is not out of the question for someone with some mechanical ability, the ability to read and follow directions, and a lot of patience. It's not like making a sandwich though- you have to be careful selecting components, it is a little bit complicated to just lace the spokes, and then there is a lot of trial and error in the truing process.
I think I will dive into your thread, today was my first time using the parktool and after 6 hours of trying I have a completely usless wheel to show for it. What's so frustrating is I adjust the spokes 1 by 1 then when I get to the first spoke its off from what I adjusted it too. It hit me a little too late that changes made to other spokes changes the tension on every spoke. I'm glad I did not touch my rear wheel.
There has to be some meathod to this. If spoke a gets adjusted it affects spoke x, something like that.
On another note these wheels do need to be replaced, I found a few spokes are slightly bent. Maybe I can take these apart and re spoke them just to get some experience. Needless to say im in the market for new wheels.