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Old 08-27-07, 01:38 PM
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cny-bikeman
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Originally Posted by Soil_Sampler
Note that the adjustment controls not tension directly but rather how far into the nipple the spoke is allowed to travel before it pushes on the tool's pin and thus moves the screwdriver bit off the nipple flats. Great for speeding up builds for someone who does it often but (in my opinion) not worth $30.00 to save a few minutes on one or two builds. You still have to know about how far you want the spokes to be into the nipples before starting serious tensioning, and it's more complicated when you have to take dish into consideration.
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