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miro_o in reply to @Hovis

Tightening the spokes won't make the wheel stiffer (unless some are slack).

Yes it will.

I'd up the tension.

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Hovis in reply to @miro_o

No it won't... Unless they are totally slack in the first place.

Quote from article @Thuekr just posted:

"Within a ‘normal’ range of spoke tension, wheel stiffness is unaffected. "

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svenhöek in reply to @Hovis

and sheldon brown /Damon Rinard:

http://sheldonbrown.com/rinard/wheel/index.htm 1. Does stiffness vary with spoke tension? ...

Some believe that a wheel built with tighter spokes is stiffer. It is not. Wheel stiffness does not vary significantly with spoke tension unless a spoke becomes totally slack.

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