Bicycle Wheel Truing Maintenance Video

By popular demand, Doug Moak runs through the basics of bicycle wheel truing and spoke adjustment. Thanks go to our sponsor River City Bicycles and Carl Jameson of Craftmaster Productions

Do you have any tips or stories on wheel truing? We'd love to hear 'em.

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Howto & Style

Tags:

• Wheel
• truing
• spoke
• adjustment
• bicycle
• bike

[HariVIyer]

don't do it at home - support your LBS

[pdxktv]

@HariVIyer do it at home FUBAR it and then bring it to your local bike shop ;)

[mapleraptors]

besides wheel truing is their a word just called truing

[pdxktv]

@mapleraptors technically yes. But, for all intents and purposes, no.

[Scormann3518]

Waste of time. Just ruined a 3 hundred dollar bike. Take it to a bike shop and dont try to do this. It WON'T work,

[pdxktv]

@Scormann3518 How did it ruin your bike?

[class1dave]

#1 turning spokes clockwise tightens, counterclockwise loosens. Always adjust spokes in pairs ie. tighten clockwise 1/4 turn and the adjacent spoke counter clockwise 1/4 turn.

Brake pads often move when truing a wheel. Take a piece of chalk (hold against frame) and spin the wheel rapidly while slowly moving the chalk until it touches the rim. Using chalk makes it easy to find where the wheel is out of true and is easy to remove and reapply for the next true check.

[garagecrap]

I've adjusted my spokes so the brake don't touch. But now I got an oval wheel. Damn!

[clark726]

I do support my local bicycle shop. I buy parts from them. Sometimes. But I can't afford bicycle shop labor and feel that being able to make any/all repairs/upgrades to my bike is an important skill set to have when I'm 1,000 miles from home on a trip.

[ParagramTree]

By the way River City Bicycles are based in Portland Oregon if you want to pay them a visit for a bike service or any repairs.

[ParagramTree]

@joelwhitelaw1 Easy. Loosen the spokes on the dented side of the wheel and tighten the spokes on the bulging side of the wheel.

[joelwhitelaw1]

how do you get up and down buckles out

[GBVendettaGB]

@Scormann3518 you're retarded. thats probably why.

[CoastGuardIDC]

Thanks for making the video....

[erez1979]

thanks guys