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oldtired:
 :LolLolLolLol:  we alll know stuff tends to drift off on a tangent on here , that's  got to be  a contender for most depraved in least amount of posts  :LolLolLolLol:

Dannywhac:
True em yourself fella.

Get a set of forks (14mm if you need em) slot in wheel, and masking tape/sellotape a single spoke in touching the rim. Rotate round, find the wobbles, tighten/loosen spokes and job done.

If you haven't done all the spokes up to the same tension before this, use that bent spoke technique that John has popped a piccy up of on here.

Spen69:
Nice one bGary - Just done my front wheel myself but shoite at trueing it :buck2:

I can bring it to Beast tonight Jim if you can true it quick? It's built and tightened in the right place, just needs a final tweak :angel:

Cue Rich for some fetish related replie....... :shocked:

john4130:
truing a wheel is quite simple, i normally use a couple of cable ties cut down to just touch the rim. always work on the worst bit first. spin the wheel slowly and look for when the cable tie touches the rim. mark the spoke on the opposite side then slowly rotate the wheel till the cable tie stops hitting the rim and mark the spoke opposite again. it will normally be about 3-5 spokes. now give the marked spokes and the ones inbetween a quarter turn. then repeat as necesary. just remember, if the wheel hits on the left side tighten the spokes on the right side and visa versa.  :daumenhoch:

Gary72:
Going to swap the other rim over tonight after Gotham. It's not the side to side that worries me. Its making sure the hub is in the middle up/down(Think of them clown bikes with reversed steering that ride like a bucking bronco) and also the rim is central over the hub. Hope that makes sense.

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