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The procedure to align the wheel by tightening and/or loosening the spokes

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Truing rear wheel with gears cassette

You rim should be centered over your hub. If you are using the tool correctly, and the rim is not centered, it should be redished. If you are not confident in your abilities and knowledge on the sub …
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How much hop is correctable, and beyond which point should a rim be replaced?

The answer depends on the reason for the "hop" and your desire for perfection. A wheel which is out of round due to incorrect spoke tension, rather than impact damage to the rim, will have no troubl …
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Why am I breaking a ridiculous number of spokes?

Generally, repeated issues with broken spokes indicates either damage to the rim, meaning that the metal hoop of the rim is physically bent while under no tension, or that the spokes are at the end of …
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Should spoke tension be measured before or after adding a tube and tire?

Before the tire and tube are installed.
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What are wheel tension relief machines called?

I can't find a current reference or photo, but we used to have one at my previous shop. If I remember correctly it was manufactured by J.A. Stein, but that may be wrong. It was a professionally made c …
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Why offset the rear rim to the hub and not the hub in the frame?

The biggest functional reason actually would be chain line. You could make the hub shell wider, and run an offset dropout to allow the space for the gears, but then you would have to run a similar o …
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