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Bill Chiarchiar
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Hello, Jobst,
I'm getting ready for my first wheel building project, and I've read _the Bicycle Wheel_. I have a
question about stress relieving.
On page 74 of the book (3rd Edition), we see:
Spokes are best stress relieved by grasping each of the most nearly parallel spoke pairs at
midspan on the left and right sides of the wheel and forcefully squeezing them together
successively around the wheel.
Does "squeezing them together" mean squeezing the two spokes in the left pair tangentially toward
each other while simultaneously doing the same to the two spokes in the right pair, without pressing
the two pairs laterally (axially) towards each other? That's what I inferred, thinking that the
simultaneous manipulation of the left and right pairs was not for pressing the two pairs towards
each other, but rather for avoiding introduction of lateral errors.
However, on page 106, we see:
To stress relieve, grasp the most nearly parallel pairs of spokes at midspan on both sides of the
wheel. Your hands should be nearly palm-to-palm. Squeeze the spokes hard.
I wondered whether "should be nearly palm-to-palm" indicates that there should be lateral pressing.
Which is the correct method?
Thanks,
Bill Chiarchiaro [email protected]
I'm getting ready for my first wheel building project, and I've read _the Bicycle Wheel_. I have a
question about stress relieving.
On page 74 of the book (3rd Edition), we see:
Spokes are best stress relieved by grasping each of the most nearly parallel spoke pairs at
midspan on the left and right sides of the wheel and forcefully squeezing them together
successively around the wheel.
Does "squeezing them together" mean squeezing the two spokes in the left pair tangentially toward
each other while simultaneously doing the same to the two spokes in the right pair, without pressing
the two pairs laterally (axially) towards each other? That's what I inferred, thinking that the
simultaneous manipulation of the left and right pairs was not for pressing the two pairs towards
each other, but rather for avoiding introduction of lateral errors.
However, on page 106, we see:
To stress relieve, grasp the most nearly parallel pairs of spokes at midspan on both sides of the
wheel. Your hands should be nearly palm-to-palm. Squeeze the spokes hard.
I wondered whether "should be nearly palm-to-palm" indicates that there should be lateral pressing.
Which is the correct method?
Thanks,
Bill Chiarchiaro [email protected]