"Michael Dart" <
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> "Slacker" <
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> > This site has some the best advice I've seen anywhere. Of course we
> should
> > still read a good book like The Bicycle Wheel, but this guy has some
great
> > tips.
http://www.execulink.com/~dtierney/wmc/faq.htm#WTQ1
> >
> > Perhaps our resident wheel expert, Clyde or ?, can verify the accuracy.
> > --
> > Slacker
> >
> >
>
> Good stuff. True, you don't need all the truing stands and stuff. But having a nice truing stand
> is a luxury and makes it easy to get
comfortable
> at a table rather than sitting on the floor by your upsidedown bike. As
he
> said bringing the spokes to tension and truing wheels requires patience
and
> patience comes easier for me if I am comfortable.
>
> See if you can find a 'Spokey' spoke wrench. I initially overlooked these as being "too much
> plastic must be ****.. Ah...ah...death to you!" but found they grip the spoke on three corners and
> won't round them off like other wrenchs can. I used one of those Park 3 way wrenches on my first
> wheels and boy my thumb wasn't happy.
>
> Speed tip: always leave the nipples square to the rim when tensioning. The spoke wrench will fall
> on each the same way making for less fumbling
around.
>
> Also the instructions found in Zinn and the Art of Mountian Bike
Maintenance
> are very easy to follow for lacing up the spokes.
>
> Mike - Always buy your wheelbuilder beer!
Ah, that was easy
http://www.sheldonbrown.com/harris/tools-h-z.html#spokewrenches and cheap too!
Looks a lot more finger friendly then my Park....good call.
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Slacker