MarkJohnston
10 kW
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- Mar 25, 2021
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Helllo,
I have a really skinny long Brushless DD hub motor. n any case the wheel didn't come today well built and the other day I checked and lots of spokes we're loose.
I put the wheel in the truing stand by wound up not putting enough tension and equal tension in the wheel. Spokes are still coming loose all the time and I keep tightening them, but on my day off I am going to have to take off the motor again and redo.
It's extremely difficult to get the spoke tension just right. Especially with a rear wheel + freewheel because one side has a bit less tension. I'm not sure how to feel for that exactly with my hands. That is, im not sure how to feel the exact slight difference between drive vs non. It's very difficult. I don't feel like buying a spoke tension meter. Seems dumb. But I hate spokes coming loose. Any ideas how to restore this wheel?
I basically screwed up and just made way too many adhustments on the first true since I'm new to this. It's quite a frustrating process especially with my crappy truing stand that isn't calibrated.
I have a really skinny long Brushless DD hub motor. n any case the wheel didn't come today well built and the other day I checked and lots of spokes we're loose.
I put the wheel in the truing stand by wound up not putting enough tension and equal tension in the wheel. Spokes are still coming loose all the time and I keep tightening them, but on my day off I am going to have to take off the motor again and redo.
It's extremely difficult to get the spoke tension just right. Especially with a rear wheel + freewheel because one side has a bit less tension. I'm not sure how to feel for that exactly with my hands. That is, im not sure how to feel the exact slight difference between drive vs non. It's very difficult. I don't feel like buying a spoke tension meter. Seems dumb. But I hate spokes coming loose. Any ideas how to restore this wheel?
I basically screwed up and just made way too many adhustments on the first true since I'm new to this. It's quite a frustrating process especially with my crappy truing stand that isn't calibrated.