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Bruce W.1
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My 2006 Fuji Touring bicycle has aluminum rims of unknown type. This
bike has a reputation for breaking spokes while doing fully-loaded
touring. In fact I broke a couple.
So I just replaced them with Wheelsmith 2.0mm spokes and nipples. But
I'm left wondering what should be the proper tension in the spokes.
My Park TM-1 tension meter table has a range of 17 to 28 units, or 51 to
179 kilograms, or 510 to 1790 Newtons.
The tension meter says I now have about 26 units on the front spokes.
On the rear it has about 27 on the drive side, and about 21 on the left
side.
Are these good amounts of tension for fully-loaded touring? Too tight?
Too loose?
Thanks for your help.
bike has a reputation for breaking spokes while doing fully-loaded
touring. In fact I broke a couple.
So I just replaced them with Wheelsmith 2.0mm spokes and nipples. But
I'm left wondering what should be the proper tension in the spokes.
My Park TM-1 tension meter table has a range of 17 to 28 units, or 51 to
179 kilograms, or 510 to 1790 Newtons.
The tension meter says I now have about 26 units on the front spokes.
On the rear it has about 27 on the drive side, and about 21 on the left
side.
Are these good amounts of tension for fully-loaded touring? Too tight?
Too loose?
Thanks for your help.