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01-03-18 | 06:48 PM

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Originally Posted by exmechanic89

I have to admit I've (shockingly) never heard of spoke tension changing with tire mounting. I'm gonna have to read up on that..

This is something that's always been happening, but went unnoticed until everybody got a tension meter. Now it's a thing.

Life was so much easier when we didn't know what we didn't know, and so didn't have to care about it. It's kind of like sausage. I love a good Kielbasa but don't want to think about what went into it.

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