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Peter Cole
Guest
jim beam wrote:
> >
> now let's see... something works, but you don't care to take
advantage
> of it. you want fact but you shun instrumentation.
Well, according to the leading authority (until this last round of
posts), there was no usable tensiometer (if that's what you're
referring to).
I don't "shun instrumentation", I'm just pragmatic. I'm not spending
$60-300 on a tensiometer just to tweak probably less than 1 pair of
wheels per year. Besides, after dropping $25 on the book, I learned
that the device was optional. My method works for me, my wheels have
been reliable over many miles and many years. This was not so when I
followed other methods.
The idea that maximum tension is reached when "nipples get hard to
turn" for heavier (aero/MTB/touring) rims, while vague, at least sets a
rough upper limit. I'd say my wheels typically aren't quite that tight.
The implication of this is that my wheels are slightly under-tensioned,
so (according to Jobst) weaker by some amount. Since I haven't warped
(never mind taco'ed) any rims on my road or off-road bikes in several
years of hard (on/off-road) riding, I'll just continue to take my
chances.
> /and/ you enjoy
> free advice on an open forum but you're not prepared to contribute
back
> to the source?
I have no idea what you're talking about here. What contribution am I
witholding, and what is the "source"?
> >
> now let's see... something works, but you don't care to take
advantage
> of it. you want fact but you shun instrumentation.
Well, according to the leading authority (until this last round of
posts), there was no usable tensiometer (if that's what you're
referring to).
I don't "shun instrumentation", I'm just pragmatic. I'm not spending
$60-300 on a tensiometer just to tweak probably less than 1 pair of
wheels per year. Besides, after dropping $25 on the book, I learned
that the device was optional. My method works for me, my wheels have
been reliable over many miles and many years. This was not so when I
followed other methods.
The idea that maximum tension is reached when "nipples get hard to
turn" for heavier (aero/MTB/touring) rims, while vague, at least sets a
rough upper limit. I'd say my wheels typically aren't quite that tight.
The implication of this is that my wheels are slightly under-tensioned,
so (according to Jobst) weaker by some amount. Since I haven't warped
(never mind taco'ed) any rims on my road or off-road bikes in several
years of hard (on/off-road) riding, I'll just continue to take my
chances.
> /and/ you enjoy
> free advice on an open forum but you're not prepared to contribute
back
> to the source?
I have no idea what you're talking about here. What contribution am I
witholding, and what is the "source"?