Originally Posted by
deraltekluge
If you haven't measured it, you have no idea what the proper pressure should feel like. What you're calling "firm" may well be outrageously soft.
Not true. I know what my proper pressure feels like without having ever measured it. If I wash out, too high. If I drag ass, too low. Ta-daaaaa. Just because there's a tool for it doesn't mean it needs to be used. I've never used a spoke tension meter in my life, but I've built strong wheelsets that haven't needed truing since being built.