Originally Posted by
well biked
That's great info, Scooper. So the recommended tension for rear driveside and front spokes is 88.2 kgf to 107.8 kgf (converting from the daN figures). Do you know if that's for all of their rims? I wonder why they have the other figures listed, the 70-90 kgf. I think that would be significantly too low (particularly the 70 kgf figure) for the rear driveside.
The rims I asked about on the phone were Open Pro, CXP-33, A719, and the now defunct X517 mountain bike rim. The Mavic tech guy on the phone said to try and get an average tension of 105-110 kgf on the driveside rear for all those rims, regardless of spoke count, and all would be good.
Interesting you ask. I don't know the answer, but the 2007 technical manual says the Ksyrium Elite wheels (complete wheels, not just rims) should have front wheel spoke tensions of 100 - 130kg (radial lacing) and the rear drive side spokes should be 120 - 145 kg (Isopulse lacing), and the new Cosmic Carbone SL Premium wheels should have the front wheel spokes tensioned to 105 - 145 kg (radial lacing) and the rear drive side spokes a whopping 120 - 160 kg (laced radial on the non-drive side, 2-cross on the drive side).