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Swapped out my spoke tension meter for a cheap guitar tuner and I'm never going back

I used to spend forever trying to get even spoke tension by feel and my wheels always ended up wobbling a bit. Then like 3 months ago a customer told me he uses a guitar tuner app to ping each spoke and tune it by pitch. I laughed at first but tried it on my own bike and honestly the wheels came out way truer than anything I did before. Now I do it for every build. Has anyone else tried this or am I late to the party lol
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ivangrant
ivangrant14d ago
Have you checked if different spokes ring the same note when tension is right?
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kellymurphy
My buddy tunes his whole kitchen gadgets set like that now. Bananas.
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