Spoke tenson meter in mod trials wheel?

Unicycles and Equipment
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Hey, has anyone used one of these park tool spoke tension meters in a trials wheel? Does it fit?
Evan says the wheel will probably be too small.

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it works for bmx. so it should.
mabey not for 48 whole

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It will for 48 half though. :stuck_out_tongue:

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how exactly does this work?

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Does your bikeshop use the parktool tenciometer on bmx wheels Ben? It barley fits into my bmx wheel, and its somewhat a pain to use. I had Jeff (skate4flip) measure a mod wheel and the parktool tensiometer won’t fit.

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yeah. we dont use the tensioner when trueing.
just when building wheels, we dont build many bmx.

i know it can fit, i dont know how well though.

I’ll ask the mechaic/ wheel builder. (he is an ex-bmx racer) and is fairly well know for his excelent builds.

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Re: Spoke tenson meter in mod trials wheel?

On Sun, 4 Mar, zfreak220 <> wrote:
>
> how exactly does this work?

Normally, they put the spoke in three-point bending under a defined
force and measure the deflection. Deflection gives you tension via a
calibrated scale.

regards, Ian SMith

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