Tension and truing went fine... at least I think. I just went by feel and I used a wheel I already had to get a sense of tension. I've tensioned a wheel before, but never laced it before these wheels. I bent the rim on a mtb wheel a while back and when I replaced it I just taped the new rim to the old rim and moved the spokes over. The wheel is still true 2 years later, so I think I'll be ok. I already repacked the Suzues. I knew they were cheap hubs, so I did a search on here to find out all I could. As a result I repacked them when I got them, and went with a Dura Ace cog and lockring. I've heard DA is the best on the cheap threads. The pic through the valve hole is just showing off. I was pretty pleased to get the hub label lined up so well with the valve hole.