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Lukas
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I'm building a 24h 2x rear wheel for a fixed gear at the moment. I've run into an issue:
Although I'm using the same length spokes left and right, the spokes are not even in tension after lacing the wheel and putting some tension in by bringing them to the same thread engagement.
Strangely it's the DS (free) leading and NDS (fixed) trailing spokes that are really tight compared to the rest.
I've searched the web and couldn't really come up with an explanation.
I'm using a generic Bitex hub. I tried to look for an uneven offset of spoke hole drillings, but can't really measure it properly.
Is there any other explanation for my problem? I'm pretty sure the lacing is correct.