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Hot take: truing a wheel with the spokes still on the bike actually works fine
Everyone I see online swears you have to put the wheel in a truing stand or flip the bike upside down. I tried doing it with my commuter bike right on the ground, just spinning the wheel and eyeballing it against the brake pads. Saved me 20 minutes of hauling the stand out of the basement. I used a 5mm hex key to tighten a loose spoke on the drive side, fixed a wobble that was rubbing my rim brake. It ain't perfect but my wheel rolls true enough for the potholes on Broadway in Denver. Why do folks act like you need a professional shop for a basic spoke adjustment? Has anyone else just eyeballed it and called it good enough?
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emeryp236h ago
Whole lot of things in life are like that. People love turning simple jobs into some big production when good enough gets the job done just fine.
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