spoke tension

[drummerbod]

Only the first part of your statement is true.

No - it is more important that the wheel is true than you trying to get the sound of the spokes to be the same.

 

[Yellow Saddle]

I had rim brakes on the front. I removed them. I put a disc brake on the front. The rotor is fitted to the left side of the wheel. According to your thought process changing from rim brakes to disc brakes means one should tighthen the spokes on the rotor side.

Well, you can't just willy nilly change a rim brake wheel to a disc brake wheel. You have to change the hub to a disc brake one with an offset on the left. You make it sound like it is just a matter of changing the brake, when it is in fact a new hub, new fork and new brake mechanism that is involved. But yes, on the latter wheel, the spoke tension on the left will have to be higher than that on the right.

 

[Yellow Saddle]

No - it is more important that the wheel is true than you trying to get the sound of the spokes to be the same.

No, you used the word "irrelevant" when in fact it is very relevant. Whether you use it as a guide or not, that is another matter but spoke tone is an audible translation of spoke tension inside the wheel.

 

[Spoked Wheels]

I had rim brakes on the front. I removed them. I put a disc brake on the front. The rotor is fitted to the left side of the wheel. According to your thought process changing from rim brakes to disc brakes means one should tighthen the spokes on the rotor side.

If you are using the same wheel then the wheel would have been built as if it would use disc brakes. The spokes on the left would be slightly shorter and the dishing would have been done for a disc brake wheel.