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Warning: That cheap spoke tension meter from Amazon cost me a wheel rebuild
Bought a digital tension meter for $35 last month to save time on wheel builds. It was reading all my spokes at 120 kgf when actually they were barely at 80, ended up with a taco'd rear wheel on a test ride. Anyone here use a specific method to verify a new tension meter before trusting it on a build?
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julia_burns94d ago
Oh my word, a friend of mine did almost the same thing with a cheap meter from an online discount store. He built up a brand new set of touring wheels and the first pothole he hit sent the whole thing out of true. He told me he now checks a new meter against a known good Park Tool one at his local co-op before trusting it on anything important.
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davis.casey4d ago
Can't believe your buddy actually trusted a cheap meter for touring wheels. @julia_burns9 that's a brutal way to learn that lesson though.
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