HI All
Recently bought a new set of wheels (Reynolds Assault) and have been looking at a power meter also.
Have found a good price on a PowerTap GS, but was pondering whether I'm game to relace the wheel myself...
Having not done it before, I figure I can just follow the pattern on the existing wheel so the basic lacing doesn't worry me too much, I'm more concerned about:
Recently bought a new set of wheels (Reynolds Assault) and have been looking at a power meter also.
Have found a good price on a PowerTap GS, but was pondering whether I'm game to relace the wheel myself...
Having not done it before, I figure I can just follow the pattern on the existing wheel so the basic lacing doesn't worry me too much, I'm more concerned about:
- Getting the spoke lengths right - how much leeway is there typically - I have the ERD from the Reynolds service manual, and I have calculated the required lengths from the formula on the powertap site, but they've come out about 20mm shorter than the existing spokes...does this sound right?
- getting the right nipples - I've heard that reynolds have some odd nipple heads, but I think they've gone back to a more 'normal' nipple for the 2015 models - can anyone advise?
- Truing the wheel and getting correct tensions - This one is probably my biggest concern - Should I be investing in a dish tool + spoke tension meter to do this???