BMX Biking : How to Straighten a BMX Wheel

In order to straighten or true a BMX wheel, find out which side needs to be fixed by narrowing the brakes and spinning the wheel until it comes in contact with the brake pad. Find out how to tighten spokes to straighten a wheel with help from a BMX bike racer in this free video on BMX wheel maintenance.

Expert: Shane Jackson
Contact: www.evolutionbikeco.com
Bio: Shane Jackson has 20 years of experience racing BMX bikes.
Filmmaker: Michael Burton

Category:

Sports

Tags:

• BMX
• bicycle motocross
• bicycles
• cycling
• BMX bikes
• dirt jumps
• BMX tricks
• freestyle
• BMX safety
• BMX vert ramps
• extreme sports
• biking

[caps4eva8]

Anyone else see the monster sprocket he had

[X3P4L]

@PavelBici i understood him perfectly, there is nothing difficult or challenging about understanding his instructions.

[PlayerUnkown]

@caps4eva8 He rides trails.

[PlayerUnkown]

@pufftico what i do is put my fingers really close to the rim (With the bike upside down and a box or something under the seat if its too low) and put your fingers around the tire like a claw shape and put your finger tips really really close to the rim and spin it, and when it stops (Make sure your hands are really really secure and don't move, When it stops it will be almost the same as brake pads.

[pufftico]

I ride breakless...

[viennava1980]

@D3ATHWISH122 put them on (some how)

[D3ATHWISH122]

and what if you dont have brakes?

[xxxEXPERTAIRSOFT101x]

the bigger ur sprocket to driver ratio makes more torque so u can go faster.... smaller ones are made so u can't break them when grinding and doing park and street and stuff of that nature, 25-9 was just smalled down to make it so u can't break stuff as easy, but u want a larger sprocket and driver so u can peddle more efficiently through the rough terrain...

[SwiiftxTrickzz]

@Keckpec29 wow bmx freestyle is such a hard sport do you think you can land a truck driver or a flare...thats what I thought We have small sprockets for a reason there for acceleration we don't need durration. We don't wear painted girl pants by the way unlike you with the kackys and the mandals. STOP HATING!

[Keckpec29]

@caps4eva8 Kids now a days... :( BMX is racing, that other stuff is just riding bikes. I use a 44t sprocket, those itty bitty sprockets are like the kids wearing painted on girls pants

[DAKODA65]

@caps4eva8 its for dirtjumping lol