12-15-2009, 05:20 PM
Hi all,
I haven't seen this question come up, I hope I don't seem too much like a "n00b".
So, I've manged to lace the wheel (a front, cheap 26", to practice).
I'm pretty sure it came out the way it should, following Sheldon's article. the problem is that even when i try to put the initial tension to the spokes, the pattern is two adjacent spokes (on the rim, not from the same flange) very tense, followed by two very loose ones.
Now, the logical way to handle this seems to be to relieve the tense ones, and then tighten the loose ones, but the threads on the tense ones are mostly showing (5-6 rounds ie: almost all the way out), and of course, on the loose ones the spokes are almost sticking out of the nipples (into the wheel)
I know it's recommended not to reuse hubs and spokes for the obvious reasons that they already warped and wore away at certain angles, but if the problem has a repetitive pattern , doesn't it mean I did something right?
Thanks in advance and a personal thank you to Alex, for inheriting the title of the internet's foremost expert in bike knowledge and advice.
Kuba in Jerusalem
p.s. Sorry if the description is too long winded if this is a common problem. English and bikeish are not my mother tongue.
I haven't seen this question come up, I hope I don't seem too much like a "n00b".
So, I've manged to lace the wheel (a front, cheap 26", to practice).
I'm pretty sure it came out the way it should, following Sheldon's article. the problem is that even when i try to put the initial tension to the spokes, the pattern is two adjacent spokes (on the rim, not from the same flange) very tense, followed by two very loose ones.
Now, the logical way to handle this seems to be to relieve the tense ones, and then tighten the loose ones, but the threads on the tense ones are mostly showing (5-6 rounds ie: almost all the way out), and of course, on the loose ones the spokes are almost sticking out of the nipples (into the wheel)
I know it's recommended not to reuse hubs and spokes for the obvious reasons that they already warped and wore away at certain angles, but if the problem has a repetitive pattern , doesn't it mean I did something right?
Thanks in advance and a personal thank you to Alex, for inheriting the title of the internet's foremost expert in bike knowledge and advice.
Kuba in Jerusalem
p.s. Sorry if the description is too long winded if this is a common problem. English and bikeish are not my mother tongue.