truing a wheel

i dont really want to take my wheel parts into my LBS to get it laced
and trued and i thought it would be good for ne to learn how to do it.
but i dont have a trueing stand or a dish stick. what can i do?


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Super easy.

Do you have around 8 clamps? Use the frame as the stand, upside down,
without the seat/post. Clamp it to something, and secure it: not to
tight, you can damage the tubing. I have built around 10 wheels, and
have used this method.


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uhh
how about this... you get the wheel ... where its bent... loosen the
spokes that are on the side of the rim in the direction of the bend,
and tighten the opposite spokes until your wheel is straight


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so i dont need a dish stick? how would it help anyway?


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uni4life_13 wrote:
so i dont need a dish stick? how would it help anyway?



A dish stick will help measure whether the rim is centered. You can
test for dish by turning the wheel around in your unicycle frame; the
rim should be in the same place relative to the frame, whichever way
you turn it. You don't need a special tool.


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so it pretty easy to get it true? how long until i have to re-true it?


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uni4life_13 wrote:
so it pretty easy to get it true? how long until i have to re-true it?



A well-built wheel should stay true enough for most unicycling needs
indefinitely, barring catastrophic failure. It is easy to get your
wheel true; not so easy to build it well.


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I built my Unicycle wheel on the Uni...

Built with used spokes, warped rim with flat spots in it, and a hub
with a bent flange.

Belt the flange straight and laced up the wheel and spent an hour and a
half truing it.

It's now completely straight, but has flat spots in it still.

I haven't trued it since the first time, and it's been 2 months riding
and it's still fine.


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Yeah I did sorta the same thing as danni. But mine had ****ty nipples
that stripped so it didn't work all that great. but next rig I get i'm
building/tuing the wheel.






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building it doesnt sound too hard just time consuming


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