08-23-2011, 03:48 PM
wheels can be built so that the spokes will are incredibly unlikely to fail (as in almost never fail). The process is:
*tension
*true
*stress relieve
*true
*repeating the last two steps until truing is no longer needed.
I always tighten on truing, never loosen - but to do this the rim by itself much be round and flat. As others have recommended; I would take your "new" wheel and rebuild it with all new spokes - I like Wheelsmith spokes, see Peter White's website for an explanation.
FYI; I am over 300# and have no spoke issues with the wheels I build/re-build.
*tension
*true
*stress relieve
*true
*repeating the last two steps until truing is no longer needed.
I always tighten on truing, never loosen - but to do this the rim by itself much be round and flat. As others have recommended; I would take your "new" wheel and rebuild it with all new spokes - I like Wheelsmith spokes, see Peter White's website for an explanation.
FYI; I am over 300# and have no spoke issues with the wheels I build/re-build.
Nigel
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