Originally Posted by
Russ Roth
This 100%, set the higher tension towards the top end of the rim specs and let the other side be whatever it is, that's what the hub allows.
I have seen rims completely taco due to too high of spoke tension, the NDS adds some structure but if the DS is higher then the rim can handle is takes very little side load to completely warp the rim. Not to mention exceeding the load capacity of the rim.
I'm not advising him to go up to 170, I'm trying to get across the point that it's not rocket science. The tension meter shouldn't be used to determine tension on a single spoke, but to take a survey of tensions on all the spokes to find high and low values and adjust them to the average tension for the side.