A couple of days ago I laced the spokes and trued an Alex D32 rim to my new 26" muni. This was my first truing and the wheel came out fine. The tension is even but I am unsure if the amount of tension is sufficient for a uni wheel. I have no one around here to ask so I ask you: Does this sound ok?
www.muni.se/26"spoke.mp3
Forgot to say it’s a three cross lacing …
Re: does this sound right?
Link doesn’t work for me. Well it isn’t a link but also copy and paste into the address bar doesn’t work, nor does building a little htm file with that address as a link. Maybe the " (double quote character) screws up?
Klaas Bil
It works for me.
It sounds ok. It sounds just a little high though I dont know if its because it a 26 with 3 cross and mine is a 24 thats been four cross or what.
EDIT: Klaas try putting the url in a media player.
ALSO EDIT: that link might work well too.
Ok, I have removed the inch-character
But I am not able to make it a proper link. God knows why …
You know, God had his own ways. He made a link for you!
It works now. Sounds a little high for me too, but if the spokes are evenly tensioned I think it is OK. Quality wheel builds have highish tension anyways. I suppose those several PINGs were from the same spoke as the pitch sounded exactly the same? If they were different ones, the tension seems to be quite even indeed. Good job for a first truing attempt!
Klaas Bil
Re: does this sound right?
“Klaas Bil” <Klaas.Bil@NoEmail.Message.Poster.at.Unicyclist.com> writes:
> Sounds a little high for me too, but if the spokes are
> evenly tensioned I think it is OK. Quality wheel builds have highish
> tension anyways.
Sounds perfect to me, but then I overtension my wheels 
Seriously, that’s about the same tension as I put on my own 26"er.
According to a tensiometer at my friendly LBS that tension is higher
than recommended, but I am comfortable with it on a strong rim. I
wouldn’t want any spokes to ring at a higher pitch than that, though.
Ken
Very helpful indeed! I wanted the spoke tension to be in the higher end and it seems I got it right.
I only played one spoke but they all have nearly the same pitch. Beginner’s luck I guess.
If I would bring the wheel down to my LBS (this acronym sounds like some sort of disease) what would be the ideal measured tension for a 26 inch 3 cross laced uniwheel?
Re: does this sound right?
“goldenchicken” <goldenchicken@NoEmail.Message.Poster.at.Unicyclist.com> writes:
> If I would bring the wheel down to my LBS (this acronym sounds like some
> sort of disease) what would be the ideal measured tension for a 26 inch
> 3 cross laced uniwheel?
The short answer is 130-140 or so.
The long answer is there is no set value for optimum tension. As I
recall, in his book “The Bicycle wheel”, Jobst Brandt recommends the
highest tension that doesn’t cause the wheel to deform. Even if you
are brave enough find this value without causing harm, you might want
to go lower because at very high tensions spokes can (rarely) cause
cracking where they enter the rim (usually on non-reinforced rims).
In theory, rim manufacturers should specify a tension range for each
rim, with different values depending on how many spokes holes have
been drilled. Good luck finding this specification. Park Tool says
recommendations range from 80 “kilograms force” [excuse me while I gag
at the use of kilograms (mass) to measure tension (force)] up to 230.
The last 26" wheel I built measures about 150 and my LBS said 130 was
preferred, but I’d be fine.
Hope that helps.
Ken