The Golden Wrench

A blog about bicycle repair and maintenance by the mechanics at Freewheel Bike.
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Friday, January 15, 2010

A Better Way To See Spoke Tension

Park Tool just released an improved version of their spoke tension conversion calculator. It creates a spider graph that allows you to see spoke tension like this;


It also flags spokes that are too tight or too loose which makes it easier to balance the tension. By having balanced spoke tension a wheel stays true longer and the spokes will have a longer fatigue life.

The tension conversion calculator is designed to work with Park Tool's spoke tension meter and is available to everyone at http://www.parktool.com/repair/calvinscorner.asp

When we perform a Pro Wheel Build at Freewheel Bike we tension balance the spokes and provide you with a copy of the final readings so that you can see how well your wheel turned out.

Tuesday, December 29, 2009

Park Tool Digital Caliper Review

The Park Tool digital caliper has the unique ability to display measurements is fractions of inches as well as inches in decimals and mm in decimals. This picture shows the caliper measuring a Freehweel Bike logo at 1 1/2".