On Nov 19, 2013, at 5:11 PM, BSWP <ashtab...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I just noticed that the spokes on the (six-speed) freewheel side of the rear > wheel are all tighter than the spokes on the left... yet the wheel seems > centered between the dropouts, and spins true. Does this seem right? > Shouldn't spokes on both sides settle into some sense of balance? My > tension-testing technique is crude - just pinching adjacent spokes where they > cross, which tells me slacker on left side than on right. > > - Andrew "always something to fuss over", Berkeley
This is normal and correct. Notice that the drive side spokes are flatter than the other side when you look at the wheel from the edge. This is called "dish" and makes room for the freewheel or cassette. -- 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/groups/opt_out.
