Thanks for the tips! I borrowed a truing stand and have the parts so I guess all I would need is a dish stick and some spokes, I was thinking for the first time of just taking it a bike shop and getting them to check the tension when I was done, I'm assuming it would be easy for a mechanic to tell if I screwed it up? Also, sheldon brown says you can tell by pitch, would a guitar tuner work as a DIY tensionmeter? Thanks