i wanna know everything there is too it?

cause i'de rather do it then pay a bike shop to, and its good knawledge

There's nothing to it, really. Pop the bike up on a stand so that both wheels are off the floor and rotate each in turn tapping each spoke gently with a screwdriver. Properly tightened spokes will go "ding", loose spokes will go "thwack". If you find a loose one, use a spoke spanner (or open-ended spanner of the correct size) to *gently* tighten the spoke until it's a "dinger". DON'T over-tighten any spoke since this will likely cause the rim to warp and if you come across any spoke that won't tighten, investigate the cause!

Unless you have the equipment necessary to do a "proper" job, this should be more than sufficient. Always worked for me, anyway.

Edited December 4, 200322 yr by neonsurge

Not sure on the Beta, but on the Mont you need a 7m spanner, and you can tighten it straight up.

One thing though, do not use anything 'long' like a long spanner or ajustable, when you are using a longer tool you do not have much of a feel for the torque, and its very easy to over tighten it, and you really can't be too careful with spokes, once your rim is out of tune, its a pain in the ass from there, and finding a guy who knows what hes doing it diffcult..it is round here anyway.

HRC