Originally Posted by
smurf hunter
I dig the tensionmeter, it's a great tool - BUT it was vastly faster to pluck the spokes during the tensioning process to get a ballpark tension and make 1/4 nipple turns. After I was done, I re-measured with mt Park TM-1 and all spokes were very close in tension.
So how many different notes should you end up with? I would imagine it would be 4?
I sometimes pluck a spoke as part of the 30 second bike check. I don't do it for accuracy (wheel building) but to look for glaring problems. A truly wonky spoke will stick out like a sore thumb using this method. If I find a problem I then slap the wheel in a truing stand and grab by tensiometer to find out what is
really going on with this wheel.