Originally Posted by
rpenmanparker
Once again, spoke relief has absolutely nothing to do with preventing or fixing spoke windup. Spoke relieving is done by stressing the spokes, while unwinding happens when the rim is compressed to take stress off them. They are opposite processes and done for very different purposes. Confusing them is very common.
Nope, there is no way to separate the two, no matter how much you want to. Spoke wind-up is inevitable to some extant, stress relief removes the wind-up, but don't take my word for it:
"The higher the
tension of the spokes, the more they
twist and will remain that way. ... Corrective measures are carried out during the truing stage, by momentarily
relieving the tension of each spoke by "pressing" the wheel. ... The wheel "stands" at last!" --
The Art of Wheelbuilding, Gerd Schraner