How to build a bicycle wheel - Part 3.2 36 Spoke truing

Part two of truing the bicycle wheel you built. Putting the finishing touches on the wheel we were building in parts 1 and 2. Truing a wheel is a long, slow process. Make sure to take your time and you will end up with a great wheel in the end.

Category:

Howto & Style

Tags:

• bicycle
• bike
• truing
• wheel
• rim
• hubs
• spoke
• lacing
• maintenance
• repair
• thebiketube

[tehKoreanKiDavid]

how do you build a four spoke bike wheel, sort of like the Xentis Mark 1 but cheap($500) to make

[thebiketube]

Play-do

[ageorgeify]

i dont see a wanabee..?hmm..wierd..must just be u..this dude rocks..if i had a million dollars..id give him half..or maybe a truing stand..for this badass step by step vid. the best how-to on youtube in my opinion

[fashionbagdealer]

lol @ bike professional, no such thing...anyone with half a brain an on drugs can do this

[abubaca]

perfect man tons of help!!thanx a lot!!!nice job

[runrandelz]

this vid helps a lot. thanx....

[Triplegack]

If you want to get technical with the sound you could use a tuning fork.

[tokostoni]

Thank You for these very complete video of repairing/tuning of spokes.

[PiranhaKeeper8]

im trying to get some sweet purple rims for my bike.

should i spent 80$ for an alienation set all done for me

or spend 60$ for the rim and the spokes separate.

p.s im a n00b at this stuff so i wont be good at making m7 tire :/

[siming6]

Just built my first set of wheels. Thanks!

[dangerfeild4Life]

Very helpful. The whole series. Thanks so much!

[wisily]

@capefearpirate they might as well be fixie wheels, though I'm not sure about the hub being fixed or freewheel

[mccclarren]

@felixthecat656 sorry not the hub the valve