question about spoke tension

That recently happened to a Friend of mine. First He tightened the
spokes. Then he rode for about 15 minutes and did a couple of rolling
hops and the first nipple pulled straight through. I don't know
anything about tension but I am leaving mine alone.


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kington99 wrote:
U-turn, so you have any more info online about stress relieving spokes?
I've been using sheldon brown's tutorial to build a 36" wheel but
didn't really understand his comments about stress relieving.


I developed my own approach using a combination of Sheldon's, Jobst
Brandt's, and Gerd Schraner's approaches.


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U-Turn wrote:
I developed my own approach using a combination of Sheldon's, Jobst
Brandt's, and Gerd Schraner's approaches.



Sounds like you need to make a book


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'Training Wheel Not Required'
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I'm still an armature to truing the wheel, I rebuilt a few 36" wheels a
year ago, and since it all worked out, I sorta enjoyed the process.
This is how I remember it,

It was cool the way truing the wheel works with adjusting the spokes
and relieving the tension. It's no use to adjust the spokes alone.
Have the hub securely captured by the axle, after adjusting the spokes,
grab hold of the rim, each hand ~180 degrees from the other, and give
it a push-pull. You'll hear the spokes creak as the stored tension of
adjusted spoke is released and distributed across the wheel. You'll
notice the tension balancing out as you then move your hand position's
by ~90 degrees and push-pull again. Between each step of tightening
the spokes, or adjusting to true, this flexing of things is necessary.


As things tighten up, you should feel the wheel stiffen up with each
push-pulls. I said push-pull, but it can really be more of twisting
action, so your not pushing over your stand. Your just trying to move
things a bit to break the friction, not break the wheel.


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Regards,
Ken ... a recreational unicyclist... Please wear a helmet!
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