Originally Posted by
Andrew R Stewart
I don't think I have ever seen spoke manufacture tension suggestions/limits, rims sure, hubs WRT lacing/cross pattern sort of. But I cant say I've heard of a spoke brand stating limits.
Can you link to a site which does?
Not directly, but I have heard that the spoke tension should be around 1/3 its yield stress (
e. g., this article by Jobst Brandt), and Sapim cites their spoke strength. For example, for a
D-Light it is
1370 N/mm2; the yield stress is 2930N, and 1/3 of it is roughly 100 kgf. It is 118 kgf for the Force and 130 kgf for the Strong.