Just an amateur builder here, having only built three wheels in my life (but hoping to do many more). But I would defer to the rim manufacturer for recommended spoke tensions. Some extra lightweight rims are not rated for high spoke tension. And some rim styles dictate lower or higher tension (e.g., V-rims generally tolerate more tension).
So far, my three wheels have held up well and haven't needed truing. I followed Jobst Brandt's "The Bicycle Wheel" from start to finish; seemed to be a very thorough guide into the physics of it all. Anton On Thursday, July 31, 2014 12:07:00 AM UTC-4, lungimsam wrote: > > So, if an LBS has done 700c and 26" wheels, but never 650b...is there > anything they need to know, or just build them like any other wheel? > > Anything special to 650b wheelbuilding? > > Only thing I have heard is spoke tension is sometimes lower on 650b rims, > depending on the rim model/manufacturer. > > Thanks for any info. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
