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Old 04-18-15, 03:39 PM
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Spoke pitch frequency

Hello all,

I came across this:
Bicycling - Wheelbuilding: check spoke tension using musical pitch

If the tension of the two laced spokes is approximately the same, as it should be, you will hear a single, clear musical note. In a typical 700C three-cross wheel, this should be an G with plain-gauge spokes and an A with butted spokes.
Using the android app G strings (yea bad pun with G standing for guitar) most spokes of a front wheel I trued are around 100Hz. Some dip in the 50-60 ish and some in the 200 (too tight).

What does G & A stand for in frequency? G = 98Hz? A = 110Hz?

For my front wheel, what would be the correct frequency per spoke (R500 - 10 spokes each sides)?
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