Rear wheel spoke tension



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Chris Nelson

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I don't build my own wheels, but I do true them when they get out of
whack. Yesterday I trued my rear wheel (built with Shimano Ultegra hub/
Mavic Open pro rim/36 spoke/3 cross both sides) and it came out good
as far as truing and dish. What I did notice was that the drive side
spokes seemed to have more tension than the non-drive side. I could
feel it with the spoke wrench. Is this normal? Again, the dish looks
right.

Chris
 
On Jun 8, 5:59 am, Chris Nelson <[email protected]> wrote:
> I don't build my own wheels, but I do true them when they get out of
> whack. Yesterday I trued my rear wheel (built with Shimano Ultegra hub/
> Mavic Open pro rim/36 spoke/3 cross both sides) and it came out good
> as far as truing and dish. What I did notice was that the drive side
> spokes seemed to have more tension than the non-drive side. I could
> feel it with the spoke wrench. Is this normal? Again, the dish looks
> right.
>
> Chris


Room for the sprockets mean that the right side flange is closer to
the centerline, so right side tension is higher than the left,
norrmal.
 
Chris Nelson wrote:
> I don't build my own wheels, but I do true them when they get out of
> whack. Yesterday I trued my rear wheel (built with Shimano Ultegra hub/
> Mavic Open pro rim/36 spoke/3 cross both sides) and it came out good
> as far as truing and dish. What I did notice was that the drive side
> spokes seemed to have more tension than the non-drive side. I could
> feel it with the spoke wrench. Is this normal? Again, the dish looks
> right.
>
> Chris
>

yes, normal. it's a function of the spoke angles as they meet the rim -
the greater the angle differential, the more the tension differential.
 
On Fri, 08 Jun 2007 04:59:03 -0700, Chris Nelson
<[email protected]> wrote:

>Yesterday I trued my rear wheel (built with Shimano Ultegra hub/
>Mavic Open pro rim/36 spoke/3 cross both sides) and it came out good
>as far as truing and dish. What I did notice was that the drive side
>spokes seemed to have more tension than the non-drive side. I could
>feel it with the spoke wrench. Is this normal?


Yes, it's normal.
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