I just built a new set of wheels, which is the first time in a while for me. I built a couple a number of years ago, but from old parts as an experiment, and never really used the wheels, which is all to say I am pretty new at this.
My question is about tension evenness. I got the wheels up to a pretty high tension, and they are round and true. However, there is some variation in tone when I pluck the spokes. How good is good enough? If all spokes have pretty good tension, how much variability is acceptable? I only have tone to guide me. Is a semi-tone or whole tone (for the musically inclined) of variability ok? In some ways, I feel like having good tension and a true wheel should be good enough, and I notice that sometimes when I push for more perfection in one area, it can cascade to everything else getting worse. For some more background on the build, I used Jobst Brandt's book and Sheldon's web page to guide me. It is 650b, 36 spoke, Velocity A23 with a Shimano XT FH-732 rear, and SP SV-8 in the front. I used Sapim DB spokes (with 14-15-14 for everything except NDS rear which is 14-17-14). Thanks! Toby Toronto -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
