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Old 09-23-08, 05:02 PM
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Bone Head
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Originally Posted by Turbocruiser13
I'm on the Xero Lite 20/24s and .... are starting to make some noise..... Spokes feel a little loose .....
Originally Posted by Bone Head
FWIW:
I'm 5'10" 240# & have Xero XSR-3 20/24 spoke wheels ..... I did have the wheels retensioned & trued as a preventive maintenance action @ around 1400 miles. They didn't look or feel bad, but were in need of retensioning.
From what I understand, getting the wheels retensioned and trued after a few hundred miles is key to spoke/wheel life.
Turbocruiser: I'm not a wheel builder, but IMHO if the spokes feel loose, you probably need to retension & true before you break a spoke. If done properly, you should get many miles out of the wheels.
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