Used to eyeball spoke tension by ear, now I keep a $3 guitar pick in my apron

Grant Flores · 2026-09-10T07:45:03.861329+00:00

Pinged a wheel with a quarter for 9 years until a gravel guy in Tucson told me a medium pick gives the same note every time, so now I tap every spoke with it before I even mount the tire, and honestly it catches loose ones way faster, what random object do you keep in your apron that has no business being there?

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