On the non-drive side, yeah they don’t feel rock solid by any means, it’s kind of an artifact of the dishing process. You shoot for a target tension on the dirve side but there’s not much you can do with the NDS it just is what it is. NDS tension will be less… how much less depends on hub and rim geometry, and spoke length/diameter
Easiest way to check your spoke tension is with an app, I use “spoke tensioner” for Android. You pluck the spoke like a harp string, the app analyzes the tone and converts it into tension. Those things can be a little tricky to use due to harmonics and environmental noise but it should give you a general idea, just use some common sense
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Pluck them like a guitar string and see what kind of tone they produce.
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On the non-drive side, yeah they don’t feel rock solid by any means, it’s kind of an artifact of the dishing process. You shoot for a target tension on the dirve side but there’s not much you can do with the NDS it just is what it is. NDS tension will be less… how much less depends on hub and rim geometry, and spoke length/diameter
Easiest way to check your spoke tension is with an app, I use “spoke tensioner” for Android. You pluck the spoke like a harp string, the app analyzes the tone and converts it into tension. Those things can be a little tricky to use due to harmonics and environmental noise but it should give you a general idea, just use some common sense
Pluck them like a guitar string and see what kind of tone they produce.