Grease vs. spoke prep for first wheelbuild

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07-24-13, 05:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Bill Kapaun

I imagine snot would work.

But you risk personal injury applying it to spoke ends. Shops discouraged this practice when too many mechanics became dummer.

07-24-13, 06:39 PM

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But you risk personal injury applying it to spoke ends. Shops discouraged this practice when too many mechanics became dummer.

............Damn!

.......I was hoping there was a baseline beyond which you could not progress.

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Originally Posted by FBinNY

It's more work that I like to bother with.

I manage twist by marking the spokes. When the wheel is firm, but not yet tight enough for spokes to twist, I spin it with a Magic Marker held so it puts a dot on one side of each spoke. That's my reference line, and I can complete the tightening process without worrying about twist. As I near final tight and true, I re-orient all the dots to where they started as I do the last turn on the nipples.

To me this sounds like more time consuming work than simply holding the spokes in place with a tool of some kind. But I don't build wheels professionally, it's more of a hobby. I've never felt a need to hold straight gauge 2 mm spokes. But now, with the exception of the drive side rear, I build most wheels with DT Revolution spokes, 2.0 - 1.5 - 2.0. And even with a lubricant they will twist all the way around and keep on twisting before reaching proper tension. When approaching high tension I find it easier to hold them in place, avoiding any twist.

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07-24-13, 08:46 PM

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To me this sounds like more time consuming work than simply holding the spokes in place with a tool of some kind. ..... When approaching high tension I find it easier to hold them in place, avoiding any twist.

There's more than one way so skin a cat. It doesn't matter how you manage twist, as long as you do so. I don't think any one way is better, and was careful not to claim my method of marking reference dots is better than holding, just that I prefer it.

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