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Hi All, just completed my second wheel build. Was a lot easier than the first one (that took me about three attempts from scratch!). This one took a couple of hours but I managed to do it first time, or so I thought.. Completed the final tensioning, all spokes pretty evenly tensioned and when I took the wheel off the stand it's out of dish. I did check the dish a few times earlier on until the slack was taken up, I don't know how it got out . Should I be checking it through the whole process right up to the end ?
Am I able adjust the dish without de -tensioning all the spokes significantly ? Im guessing I'll have to back it off some as it's at the recommended tension for the rim.
It's a front wheel, as the spokes are all within one marking on my Park tension meter (9 kgf) I'm surprised I didn't see a bigger consistent imbalance on one side since it's not centered. Or do I need to be more accurate ?
Thanks