Originally Posted by
Narhay
I went decades without using a spoke tensioner gauge, I don't think they were around in my LBS days yet. When I finally bought one, I found that my usual wheel build was 5-10% low on recommended tension, which isn't too terribly bad, but I had muscle memory from building a few hundred sets of wheels. A gauge is the one thing I'd buy if you were getting into more than a few wheel builds.
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