• never found wind up to be an issue

    The trouble with the word "issue" is that it's ambiguous. I hope that what you mean is that wind up is a thing which inevitably happens, but you know how to resolve it so that it doesn't become a problem. If you think it isn't happening just because you lubed the threads, may I suggest a course in elementary mechanics.

  • No, I regularly squeeze groups of spokes while building up the wheel and do a few hard presses with it against the floor with the axle resting on a block of softwood. There’s always some correction to do afterwards but not much, and my wheels have stayed true for the most part.

    I know I’m preaching when I don’t even have the authority of an usher, but this is my experience.

  • I mean it's in your name...

  • regularly squeeze groups of spokes while building up the wheel and do a few hard presses with it against the floor with the axle resting on a block of softwood.

    As skully says, that's stress relieving and you only need to do it once. Those actions will not have any effect on wind up, which as he also correctly says is undone by reversing the rotation direction of the nipple. If you put a witness mark on the spoke next to the nipple, you can see unwinding happen because there is no relative motion between spoke and nipple as you unwind them.

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