Rear wheel spoke tension

Chris Nelson said:

I don't build my own wheels, but I do true them when they get out of
whack. Yesterday I trued my rear wheel (built with Shimano Ultegra hub/
Mavic Open pro rim/36 spoke/3 cross both sides) and it came out good
as far as truing and dish. What I did notice was that the drive side
spokes seemed to have more tension than the non-drive side. I could
feel it with the spoke wrench. Is this normal? Again, the dish looks
right.

Chris

Room for the sprockets mean that the right side flange is closer to
the centerline, so right side tension is higher than the left,
norrmal.

Chris Nelson said:

I don't build my own wheels, but I do true them when they get out of
whack. Yesterday I trued my rear wheel (built with Shimano Ultegra hub/
Mavic Open pro rim/36 spoke/3 cross both sides) and it came out good
as far as truing and dish. What I did notice was that the drive side
spokes seemed to have more tension than the non-drive side. I could
feel it with the spoke wrench. Is this normal? Again, the dish looks
right.

Chris

yes, normal. it's a function of the spoke angles as they meet the rim -
the greater the angle differential, the more the tension differential.

Chris Nelson said:

Yesterday I trued my rear wheel (built with Shimano Ultegra hub/
Mavic Open pro rim/36 spoke/3 cross both sides) and it came out good
as far as truing and dish. What I did notice was that the drive side
spokes seemed to have more tension than the non-drive side. I could
feel it with the spoke wrench. Is this normal?

Yes, it's normal.
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