Caleb Posted July 10, 2007 Report Share Posted July 10, 2007 my wheels offset to the left, do i loosen left spokes half turn tighten right half turn to return central?so left undo half , right tighten half etc etc.sounds like common sense but dont want it off to the left further Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilikeriding Posted July 10, 2007 Report Share Posted July 10, 2007 tighten the spokes on the side which you want it to tilt towards Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny Kearns Posted July 10, 2007 Report Share Posted July 10, 2007 If it's offset to the left. I wouldn't reccomend loosening the left, i.e bringing it further to the left meaning your gonna eb giving the right hand spokes a hell of alot more work to do. If my understanding is correct. You tighten the right one's mainly.Danny. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ash-Kennard Posted July 10, 2007 Report Share Posted July 10, 2007 If it's offset to the left. I wouldn't reccomend loosening the left, i.e bringing it further to the left meaning your gonna eb giving the right hand spokes a hell of alot more work to do. If my understanding is correct. You tighten the right one's mainly.Danny.err no, loosenening the left and tightening the right will move the rim across to the right and because you uindid the left side slightly there will be less stress on the right hand spokes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caleb Posted July 10, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 10, 2007 so i was right at the start? don't want to sound arrogant just checking as loosening one side and tightening the other should accommodate between tensions?ill give it a try anyways Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ash-Kennard Posted July 10, 2007 Report Share Posted July 10, 2007 well if you think about it, it should give the same tension as before, its like turning taps on to get the right temperature Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomm Posted July 10, 2007 Report Share Posted July 10, 2007 so i was right at the start? don't want to sound arrogant just checking as loosening one side and tightening the other should accommodate between tensions?ill give it a try anywaysYes. The only slight problem with this method is if you have really loose spokes. If you loosen a tight spoke half a turn, it will lose a lot of tension. If the spoke is already loose, half a turn will make very little difference. What I tend to do is to go around the wheel first and tighten all the spokes to similar tensions. Basically do up any spokes that are really loose. That way, you can simply tighten one side and loosen the other. Though you may end up having to straighten the wheel slightly afterwards either way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caleb Posted July 11, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 11, 2007 Cheers for the help managed to sort it, will probably take me spoke key out with me next time riding mind Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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