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truing a wheel

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  1. 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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  2. 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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    *gasp!* your avatar is truly offensive, remove it asap!

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

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  5. uni4life_13 said:

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

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  7. uni4life_13 said:

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

    [//EDIT//]w00t 400 posts[//EDIT//]

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    dudewithasock said:

    Yeah, and they have more estrogen than me, too. Now *that* takes guts.

    iridemymuni said:


    hey evan i've got the same blue nipples as you !!!!!

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    this may be off topic, but my trouser snake is called:
    Conan: The Barbarian


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  10. building it doesnt sound too hard just time consuming

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  11. correct? laceing isnt hard it just takes time?

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  12. Its not hard at all.

    Some lacing combinations are tricky, but just read the isntructions
    slowly and understand them. Go one spoke at a time. =p

    It can be tideous work, but I just started lacing my wheel 10mins ago.
    I am halfway done. =p

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