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Old March 5th 07, 02:01 AM posted to rec.sport.unicycling
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Hey, has anyone used one of these park tool spoke tension meters in a
trials wheel? Does it fit?
Evan says the wheel will probably be too small.

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Old March 5th 07, 02:24 AM posted to rec.sport.unicycling
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it works for bmx. so it should.
mabey not for 48 whole


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Old March 5th 07, 02:39 AM posted to rec.sport.unicycling
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GhettoSmurf wrote:
it works for bmx. so it should.
mabey not for 48 whole




It will for 48 half though.


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Old March 5th 07, 02:45 AM posted to rec.sport.unicycling
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how exactly does this work?


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Old March 5th 07, 04:54 AM posted to rec.sport.unicycling
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Old March 5th 07, 05:23 AM posted to rec.sport.unicycling
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Does your bikeshop use the parktool tenciometer on bmx wheels Ben? It
barley fits into my bmx wheel, and its somewhat a pain to use. I had
Jeff (skate4flip) measure a mod wheel and the parktool tensiometer
won't fit.


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Old March 5th 07, 06:25 AM posted to rec.sport.unicycling
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yeah. we dont use the tensioner when trueing.
just when building wheels, we dont build many bmx.

i know it can fit, i dont know how well though.

I'll ask the mechaic/ wheel builder. (he is an ex-bmx racer) and is
fairly well know for his excelent builds.


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Old March 5th 07, 08:18 AM posted to rec.sport.unicycling
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On Sun, 4 Mar, zfreak220 wrote:

how exactly does this work?


Normally, they put the spoke in three-point bending under a defined
force and measure the deflection. Deflection gives you tension via a
calibrated scale.

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