Originally Posted by
MyRedTrek
Building a 700c Rhyno Lite 36 spoke wheel with DT Swiss Alpine3 spokes. This is for a rear wheel build.
Using a Park Tool TM-1 gauge, what would you expect the spoke tension to be in the vicinity of per the TM-1's 0-49 scale? What do you feel is a reasonable variance between spokes?
Sun used to specify a blanket maximum tension of 110kgf for their rims. I can't find it in the current FAQ, and it never really made sense as some of their rims are much beefier than others.
I would shoot for 110 +/- 10% on the drive side, non drive side will be about half of that. Everyone has their own favorite numbers, but as long as the NDS spokes have enough tension not to come loose, and the DS are not so tight that they crack the rim, you're good.
