Bearing adjustment / spoke tensioning



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John Hearns

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My new wheels from Decathlon are really nice.
However the rear one was making a squeaking noise,
which I'm sure is coming from the hub.
It seems to have cured itself now after a 40 mile ride on Saturday.

I'd like to do a good job on getting the bearing adjustment right.
Also on tensioning up the spokes - without resulting in pretzel
shaped wheels.
Anyone got good pointers on either? I am aware of Sheldon Brown.
 
On Wed, 20 Jul 2005 14:39:48 +0100, John Hearns <[email protected]> wrote:

> My new wheels from Decathlon are really nice.
> However the rear one was making a squeaking noise,
> which I'm sure is coming from the hub.
> It seems to have cured itself now after a 40 mile ride on Saturday.
>
> I'd like to do a good job on getting the bearing adjustment right.
> Also on tensioning up the spokes - without resulting in pretzel
> shaped wheels.
> Anyone got good pointers on either? I am aware of Sheldon Brown.


I found this Park Tool article very useful when I stripped a rear
hub:

http://www.parktool.com/repair_help/howfix_hub.shtml



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jc
 
On Wed, 20 Jul 2005 14:19:32 +0000, Jeremy Collins wrote:
>
> I found this Park Tool article very useful when I stripped a rear hub:
>
> http://www.parktool.com/repair_help/howfix_hub.shtml


Thankyou. That is very helpful, and I will give it a try later.
Clamping the wheel into one of the dropouts only is a smart idea.