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Spoke Tension Gauge

Spoke Tension Gauge

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Sports
21 reviews
⭐️3.3 / 5
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🙌10
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📼5 scs
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📦w/o updates
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All Versions of Spoke Tension Gauge

3.0

October 25, 2016

This app has been updated by Apple to display the Apple Watch app icon. Added a visual display of tension Updated the frequency detection algorithm iCloud backup and sharing between devices Improved memory performance
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2.2

January 3, 2014

Significant improvements detecting tension. Updated FFT output to EMA from SMA. Updated UI for iOS7.
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2.1

March 13, 2013

Fixed the spoke length selector. Added manual tension entry for the wheel builder. Just touch the tension text to bring up the keyboard. Added dualside comparison mode. When holding the "side" button on the builder the display shows both sides of the wheel at once. Updated help screen to fill 4-Inch iPhone Retina screen.
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2.0

September 10, 2012

Wheel Builder: Specify spoke types and count. Visually tension wheels with a radial graph of tension. Save all wheel data. Two new spoke types available as requested. Improved tension detection as requested.
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April 19, 2012

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Description of Spoke Tension Gauge

Build or true your wheels by sound. Easier and cheaper than handheld tools. Simply pluck a spoke and the tension is shown on the screen. Save multiple wheels to iCloud and share them among your devices. Get a visual of your wheel's tension with the 'Wheel Builder' view. Support for many different spoke sizes, shapes, and materials. Many mechanical tension gauges have low precision with steps of 10 kgf or more between readings. The app has much higher precision, down to 1 kgf.

Spoke Tension Gauge: FAQ

Does Spoke Tension Gauge have support for iPad devices?

Yes, Spoke Tension Gauge works on iPad devices.
Douglas Pepelko is the developer of the app.
The minimum iOS requirement for the app is 8.0 or higher.
The average rating for the Spoke Tension Gauge app is 3.3.
The Primary Genre Of The Spoke Tension Gauge App Is Sports.
3.0 is the latest released Spoke Tension Gauge version.
The latest Spoke Tension Gauge update was rolled out on July 6, 2024.
The Spoke Tension Gauge app launched on February 6, 2023.
The Spoke Tension Gauge app contains no objectionable material and is suitable for children aged Douglas Pepelko.
You can use the Spoke Tension Gauge app in English.
No, Spoke Tension Gauge is not available on Apple Arcade.
No, Spoke Tension Gauge does not offer in-app purchases.
No, Spoke Tension Gauge does not support compatibility with Apple Vision Pro.

Screenshots of Spoke Tension Gauge

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Reviews of Spoke Tension Gauge

  • If I keep track of which side and which spoke, it works

    If I pluck with my thumbnail, if I hold the cross-over spoke tight against the spoke I am testing, if at each spoke I hit the SET button to remember that reading before moving on to a different spoke, and if I only try to get between 80% and 120% of the average spoke tension for that side of the wheel, it works awesomely.

    I was surprised it remembers the front wheel spoke lengths I set on the iPad, when I open the app on my iPhone. It also remembers the rear wheel spoke lengths, but I first noticed this feature on a front wheel. Keeps track separately for both, I just had not noticed.

    I was surprised it tunes differently than a piano string. When the tension is too high, and I hear a lower pitched clunk mixed together with the musical note, the tension is too high just like the app says. With my deformed wheel, I had to loosen a surprising amount to get it back between the 80% and 120% where it again sounds nice.

    With my slightly deformed wheel, which I last tuned many years ago, I cannot get a perfect circle graph of all sixteen spokes on one side, although I can consistently get a very round circle on the other side.

    Once I started pushing the cross-over spoke against the spoke I am testing, I got essentially the same reading every time I plucked that spoke. I wanted to just set all the tensions on that side almost exactly the same. Almost exactly the same tension, does not work with my deformed wheel running true left and right and up and down. I studied the specifications for a popular hand-held tension meter, and found out why it can get the same reading, while the app cannot. With the popular hand-held tension meter, when you look up the chart, the very next hand-held number reading may actually be 15 kg tension different. The hand-held gives the same number, across quite a bit different tensions.

    The popular hand-held comes with a gauge you can measure the spoke thickness. Unless there is some feature I have missed, with the app you have to know which thickness of spoke you are using.
    Don A7Don A7

  • Spoke Tension Gauge

    I’m very impressed with this app suite. A bit of a learning curve to negotiate but really very well thought out and presented.

    Over 45 years of building and several thousand built wheels informs my evaluation.

    The app will not replace well executed technique. If you are just starting out, read some of the wealth of published documentation and check out Joey Mesa’s videos.

    Employed properly, the app will provide a high degree of accuracy and verification of the objectives sought by skilled wheel builders: measured and confirmed uniformity of tension within tightly held limits of radial and lateral deviation.

    Instructions are clear, with an additional set of contextual hints.

    And it’s fast. Left open on your workbench the app will report instantly on any spoke you care to investigate without having to stop, pick up your manual tension gauge, test (maybe more than once) swap the gauge for a spoke wrench, adjust and repeat, and repeat again. The advantage gained from this simple bit of continuity cannot be overstated.

    The accompanying spoke length calculator is robust and extremely well provided for with dimensional data of hundreds of hub and rim types and an editable template for custom or otherwise unlisted hub models. Graphics are excellent. Full and comprehensive instructions as well as automatic updates to the databases and other information are included.

    All in all an impressive amount of real and useful information as well as a vetting tool that will help achieve accepted, high level, quality control parameters.
    DB1820DB1820

  • Doesn’t work

    Gave same tension no matter what spoke I plucked or how much I tightened. Waste. Of money
    kingsleykaraokeykingsleykaraokey
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