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 michaelc1 rated 46 months ago- Good description, but as I've said before very difficult to explain without pictures or video. Truing wheelsets (or building wheelsets) comes from lots 'o experience. I wouldn't recommend this for a novice. the biggest mistake that I see from DIY'ers is that they're too conc... more
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- moose1010 reviewed 4 weeks agobicycling, bike, wheel, spokes, wheel-truing
- I think that you might be better off just letting someone who knows what they are doing true your wheel. It is not something you really want to just fool around doing. That is unless you don't mind riding a wheel that is not dished, round or true. Just my two cents.
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- invinciblewombat rated 6 months agobicycling
- good advice, but invest in a real truing stand if you're going to be doing this a lot, it makes it sooo much easier
- drdballard rated 10 months agobicycling
- This may help me.
- sanktjohanser rated 24 months agobicycling
- it sounds so much easier on paper, reagrdless it's an excellent article on truing bike wheels and i may just yet give it a go.
- greenam rated 42 months agobicycling
- I used to watch my dad do this when we were kids. Maybe I could do this too...
 ado103 rated 42 months agobicycling - oh man just pay your bike shop to do it right - or you'll be paying to fix your mistakes!
- dragonfly37 rated 45 months agobicycling
- Gotta give this a try..
- michaelc1 rated 46 months agobicycling
- Good description, but as I've said before very difficult to explain without pictures or video. Truing wheelsets (or building wheelsets) comes from lots 'o experience. I wouldn't recommend this for a novice. the biggest mistake that I see from DIY'ers is that they're too concerned about the side to side truing and not concerned with the wheel getting out of round. Even spoke tension can lead to a "stronger" wheelset, but there are no guarantees...
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