Originally Posted by
aloysius
When adding tension to a non-offset rear wheel .. is it best to add equal tension to both sides, or is it better to add tighten the non-drive side more than the drive side? I seem to remember hearing that tensioning both sides equally will skew the dish to the drive side.
If you have
equal tension on DS and NDS (and equal spoke gauge, and spoke numbers), then
the rim will end up smack bang
in the middle between the hub flanges. There's no way around it, and which side you tension first doesn't matter.
If you're using a SS/track wheel, or a wheel bult for a bike with offset rear stays, then that's probably fine, but if you're using a "normal", rear wheel with external gears and the
rim sitting in
offset between the hub flanges - then you usually
can't use the same tension DS/NDS (unless you run diff spoke gauges, or diff spoke numbers). The only way to get the rim into that position is to run a higher tension on the DS spokes.