Originally Posted by
randyjawa
I go by sound, not feel or measurement. I would prefer measurement but sound is much more accurate than feel, in my opinion.
A spoke under no tension will not ring. A spoke under some tension will ring, and the greater the tension (up to a point), the crisper or higher the note the spoke will produce when struck. It is also important to note that the spokes must all be the same to offer similar notes under equal tensions.
This is how I tension spokes and seek to get them even. I have had no problems, since I started doing wheels this way...
Randy, what happens if you get all the drive side spokes to sound the same, the wheel is true, but you get different tones from the non drive side spokes. and when you try to retension them to get the same tone , it goes out of true? I ask bc this happened to me and I am kind of stumped. been riding the wheel and it has stayed true but occasionally when pedaling i hear a faint knocking.