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Old 08-19-21 | 06:39 PM
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HillRider
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Bikes: '96 Litespeed Catalyst, '05 Litespeed Firenze, '06 Litespeed Tuscany, '20 Surly Midnight Special, All are 3x10. It is hilly around here!

Originally Posted by Aardwolf
Now I'm checking the wheels and they're true to within about 0.5mm, but the spoke tension seems really low.
I'm guessing that the steel spokes have 'relaxed' over 15 years and the tension was originally higher, does that happen ?
No, that doesn't happen. They were under low tension when the wheel was first assembled.
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