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Turkish
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So as I understand it, they all measure deflection which you then have to convert via some sort of chart to an actual tension?
My mate has lent me a DT Swiss one but he said he struggled to work with it as the chart it comes with only relates to DT Swiss spokes so if you're measuring say, an ACI spoke then you have to find the DT Swiss spoke that most closely resembles your spoke which might involve converting gauge to mm...sounds like a right faff.
He says he really just used it to compare one spoke to another.
I wonder if you can use the chart from the Park meter with the measurements from the DT Swiss. I'm thinking that not being tied to one brand of spokes the Park chart might be more easily applied across the board if that makes sense?