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How do I align a wheel?
I broke a couple of spokes on my wheel, now it's all bent, how can I align it back again? What kind of tools do I need to do a good job?
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Should spoke tension be measured before or after adding a tube and tire?
I built my first set of wheels and measured the spoke tension when I finished. They were all uniformly tense at about 100kg of force.
Once I put the tire on, that measurement went down a little, to ...
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What are the risks of untrued wheels?
I understand that wheels should be trued for efficiency. Are there any safety risks (or risk of damaging the bike) in using untrued wheels?
Are the risks different between wheels untrued left-right ...
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Truing stands, go big or stay home?
I'm looking to buy a truing stand. Is the Park TS-8 Home good enough? Or should I pay double the price and get the Park TS-2.2 Pro. I have some experience truing wheels, but never on a nice stand. I ...
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How can I tell if a rim is bent or if the wheel is just out of true?
How can I tell if a rim is bent or if the wheel is just out of true?
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Why offset the rear rim to the hub and not the hub in the frame?
I'm currently reading The Bicycle Wheel by Jobst Brandt, and I'm reading all of the issues with offsetting the rear rim toward the drive side of the hub...
Asymmetry in a rear wheel built for a ...
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Checking spoke tension without specialized tools
I have laced and trued my first wheel (YAY!) at home, while in the fork. It is fairly true (to the point I used to pay money for), but I am not sure if the spokes are tensioned properly (I guess it is ...
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Why am I breaking a ridiculous number of spokes?
First, this is a follow up to this:
Why does my back wheel keep becoming untrue?
(The short version is I bought a used bike a few weeks ago, I broke a spoke on the back wheel, replaced the spoke, ...
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Why does my back wheel keep becoming untrue?
So I broke a spoke a week ago, and when I put a new spoke in you know I trued it. Now, a week later, the bike feels like a kayak, because the back wheel is not very straight. Any idea why this would ...
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Spoke tension is way off but wheel is true, How do I fix this
After truing my front wheel, it seems that it is laterally true. However, the spoke tension seem very uneven, with a few spokes that are very taut next to other spokes which are more loose. If it ...
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What are wheel tension relief machines called?
At a San Diego bike shop I saw a machine that is purported to take the tension out of a wheel while it's being built so that the tension won't be released when you first start to ride it.
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What causes a wheel to suddenly go out of true?
This morning I noticed that my wheel was suddenly out of true and rubbing against the brake pad at one point. My first guess was that I had broken a spoke, but all of them seem to be intact. A few ...
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Is there a special technique for truing flat spoked wheels?
I have a set of Shimano R560's that have flat, bladed spokes (16 front & 20 rear, from memory). They are a little worse for wear after a couple of years and at least 10,000 kms. My usual LBS has ...
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What tools are required to replace a spoke?
When out riding at the weekend, for the very first time, I managed to break a spoke on my wheel.
Because I've not done it before, and I want to get back out on the bike soon, this time around I am ...
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Tips for radial wheel truing
Several drive side spokes on a mountain bike rear were damaged the rear mech being pushed into the wheel by a rock, with one snapping completely. I've replaced the affected spokes and have managed to ...
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Which size spoke tool. Currently size 14
I have this spoke tool. The number I use on this tool is 14. I use it on a hybrid mountain bike.
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I want to get one which is easier to use but I do not know which size.
Here are the available ...
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Is it difficult to do a post-break-in wheel tune-up?
I've heard that when you get new wheels you should put a couple hundred miles on them to let everything get set in and get an initial stretch, then do a tune up.
Can I just go by feel and tighten the ...
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misaligned wheel - could this cause problems?
Last summer I was on tour with my Trek 520 when my rear rim cracked. I found a bike shop, and they rebuilt the wheel with a new rim.
Recently I noticed the wheel was off center relative to the frame ...
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Tensioning rear wheel?
Tensioning a front wheel is - at least in theory - very simple: Go around and tighten each nipple by e.g. a quarter turn. Then re-adjust trueness if necessary.
I guess if I'd do the same to a ...
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Truing rear wheel with gears cassette
I have a 700cc rear wheel with gear cassette. The centering or dish of the wheel appears to balance towards the gear cassette. This means when i use a tool like the below image, that the hub (and the ...
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How much hop is correctable, and beyond which point should a rim be replaced?
I have an aksium wheel that is somewhat damged. I'd estimate that there is about 3 - 4mm of hop (meaning that the rim extends at this point? or that there is impact damage at that point?) at one point ...
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dishing on alfine hub
I am building a wheel with an Alfine 8 speed hub which has space for a disk brake.
I am measuring the dishing by supporting the rim and measuring the distance from the table to the end of the through ...
