Spoke tension calculator

QUICK GUIDE

Spoke tension calculator will give you great guidelines for spoke tension balance of your wheel. For best results please consider the following tips and tricks:

1. Select wheel side then enter hub and rim measurements and define your lacing pattern. Besides accurate measurements, maximum rim tension is a vital piece of information here.
2. Once you enter data, press on Calculate button and you should get results - a guideline spoke tension for each side of the wheel.
3. You can use the calculated left and right side spoke tension as a target spoke tension in the new tension app (the link below).
4. The calculated results may vary from the actual spoke tension, you might need on your wheel.
5. For more visualisation, click on the button with a chart icon below calculations. You will see left and right tension, tension ratios, bracing angles etc.

References

• NEW! App Spokecalc, a total wheelbuilding app
• Wheel tension app - A wheel tension balance web tool for master wheel builders
• Spoke tension - The definitive guide to spoke tensioning
• Tension meter calibration - How to calibrate a spoke tension meter and make your own spoke tension chart