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Old 05-17-17 | 10:38 AM
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Originally Posted by FatInBike
That's the golden rule of every handbook, included those of the venerated J. Brandt and S. Brown , but have you (or any) experience with 2.0/1.5/2.0 spokes? With classic usual DB, I never got problems (for decades).

Grab the time to wellcome the idea to push (gently) rims against wall/floor to relax spokes and (probably) unwind spokes winding. It sounds something better than nothing, a strip of dry marker can do check of.
Haven't tried spokes with 1.5 centers (and have no interest in it) but I built my last wheelset with 1.8/1.6/1.8 and it went really well. I think if windup ever were a problem for me, I'd rather do my side-loading while adjusting the spokes so that I don't have to chase it later.
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