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How high are you wheelbuilders tensioning your wheels?
I usualy try to get 125-150 kg. of force on the higher tension side. Jobst Brandt describes a method of tenisoning a wheel to the point of failure, then backing off and retensioning to just below that value. I did that a few years ago with a Bongrager Maverick rim (failed at just over 150 kg.), but I haven't repeated the procedure with other rims I use. Road wheels fail (suddenly go out of true as I'm tensioning them) occasionally betwen 125 and 150 kg, but I don't make it a point of going to failure routinely.
Any interest in starting a database of maximum tension values for various rims?
I usualy try to get 125-150 kg. of force on the higher tension side. Jobst Brandt describes a method of tenisoning a wheel to the point of failure, then backing off and retensioning to just below that value. I did that a few years ago with a Bongrager Maverick rim (failed at just over 150 kg.), but I haven't repeated the procedure with other rims I use. Road wheels fail (suddenly go out of true as I'm tensioning them) occasionally betwen 125 and 150 kg, but I don't make it a point of going to failure routinely.
Any interest in starting a database of maximum tension values for various rims?