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2. Wheel truing stand - Wikipedia

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   Two-armed wheel truing stand One-armed wheel truing stand. A wheel truing stand is a specialized tool for "truing" (straightening) bicycle wheels. [1] [2] Individual models differ slightly, but all consist of an axle stand on which the wheel can rotate and calipers, to measure slight deviations of the wheel's rim from ideal alignment.

3. Spoke wrench - Wikipedia

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   A spoke wrench that fits three common nipple sizes. A spoke wrench or spoke key is a small wrench or tool used to adjust the tension in the spokes of a tension-spoked wheel. A spoke wrench is sometimes called a nipple wrench, as it is the spoke nipple – not the spoke – that is turned in the process of changing the tension of a spoke.

4. Park Tool - Wikipedia

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   The first was a stand that held the bike off the ground allowing convenient access to any part of the bike. Other area bike shops and Schwinn Bicycle Company liked the stands and requested a production model. Soon after, the company expanded to include wheel truing stands, then expanded further into consumer wrenches and gauges.

5. Wheelbuilding - Wikipedia

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   For a normal wheel size and spoke count, only the latter is suitable for a wheel that has to transmit torque from the hub to the rim, as with rear wheels or hub brakes. This rule is occasionally broken where a very large number of spokes is used, or the wheel is unusually small in diameter, either of which reduces the amount of increased ...

6. Comstar wheel - Wikipedia

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   The Comstar wheel, sometimes referred to as Com-stars or stylised as ComStar, [1] [2] was a composite motorcycle wheel that Honda fitted to many of its motorcycles from 1977 [3] [4] to the mid 1980s. Its design allowed it the option of being fitted with tubeless tyres and its use on the Honda CX500 was the first time tubeless tyres had been ...

7. Spoke - Wikipedia

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   For example, a 32 spoke wheel has 16 spokes per side, 360° divided by 16 equals 22.5°. Multiply 22.5° ("angle between adjacent flange holes") by the number of crossings to get the angle a—if 3-crosses, the 32 spoke wheel has an angle a of 67.5°. Regarding r 3: The size of the spoke holes in the flange does not matter for the needed spoke ...