affordable spoke tensionmeter
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Well CRC do the Park one for £50...
I've got one. It IS a precision, calibrated, instrument - I was quite pleasantly surprised by the quality, and it is about 1/4 the price of the DT Swiss one...
If you want cheaper, pinging the spokes in turn and listening for tone differences works reasonably well.0 -
How do you know what note to listen for without a tensiometer?100% ME!
Do you think I would be this bad on drugs?0 -
Yeah, your index finger works pretty well and is hard to beat for the price....0
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I recently built my first set of wheels and the Park Tools TM-1 tension meter made the job a lot easier. Yes, it costs a fair bit but so does a decent hub, rim, etc. so I figured it was a worthwhile investment.
If you buy one and decide you don't want/need it after your wheel build you could always stick it on ebay (I'm sure it would have a reasonably high 2nd hand value).
Just had a quick look on ebay and there are several TM-1 listed, they are all supplied from the USA so you'd have to take your chances with import duty but you might get one slightly cheaper than UK prices.0