Originally Posted by
Acquaspin
There's no specified tension for spokes.
You lost me on this one. You just turn the spokes a few times then say, "that should be good"?
As far as the ping, I myself would loosen the spokes a tad before adding tension. That will release any spokes that are currently binding. The ping is caused by binding spokes. I've had shop builders adjust my wheels only to add the ping by binding spokes. I've had to loosen them a bit to release the bind, then readjust.
That is the reason I add the marker to the spoke while adjusting. I can visually tell if the spoke binds.