Originally Posted by
dwood
I bought Park's tension gauge and 'evened-out' the spoke tension on one of my rims . . . just for practice. But I've searched everywhere I can think of and can not find info on WHAT THE TENSION SHOULD BE for my spokes/rims.
It's nice to be able to "measure" things [I own a machine shop] but I need more information on what 'numbers' I'm trying to reach.
Some rim manufacturers publish their max. tension specs. Some don't. You can try contacting them, or checking with your LBS.
Jobst Brandt (author of "
The Bicycle Wheel") recommends increasing tension until the rim just starts to taco, then backing off a bit for the highest tension possible. But that scares the crap out of me, and IMO would likely lead to a lot of problems like the OP's.
Bob