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    iridemymuni
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    Hey, well heres the deal:

    ive got tha kh frame and 19" VIZ rim, i've laced it to the wheel a bit
    and its now 11:02pm. i havent ordered the tyre yet and i want to take
    it down to the lbs to get it tensioned and trued tommrorw.

    the question:

    would i be better te take it down tommorow, get them to true it and
    then put the tyre on myself. or

    wait till i get the tyre and then take it to the lbs to get trued and
    have them put the tyre on.

    i was gunna do #1, but dad said that they might want the tyre cause if
    you put it on after its been trued and pump it up it might alter the
    "trueness" of the wheel and the lbs could make adjustwents for it.

    what do y'all think about that bit? i think dad's gone mad :p

    so do i take it tommorow or wait to get the tyre?

    i need an answer in under 8 hours please.

    THANKS :p

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    iridemymuni

    munipsycho said:

    Just a bit of advice: never vomit while wearing a full-face helmet.

    irvinegr said:

    haha i just thaught it was funny the title is "3th movie"

    pixystix6 said:

    oo give him and intising lap dance while he rubs pasteries all over you

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  2. Eroick
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    Beautiful. Do any LBSes sell trials tires by chance 😉 ? That would be
    handy. I dont think that inflating the tire adjusts the true of the
    wheel though, but I could be wrong.

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  3. iridemymuni
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    Eroick said:

    Beautiful. Do any LBSes sell trials tires by chance 😉 ? That would be
    handy. I dont think that inflating the tire adjusts the true of the
    wheel though, but I could be wrong.

    bah i wish, i have to get mine from interstate.

    i wouldnt have thought that it adjustus the trueness but heck i could
    be wrong (as usual)

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    munipsycho said:

    Just a bit of advice: never vomit while wearing a full-face helmet.

    irvinegr said:

    haha i just thaught it was funny the title is "3th movie"

    pixystix6 said:

    oo give him and intising lap dance while he rubs pasteries all over you

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  4. Krashin'Kenny
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    Once the wheelset is built and spokes properly tensioned, installing the
    tire will not have any effect on the trueness of the rim.

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  5. kington99
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    Krashin'Kenny said:

    Once the wheelset is built and spokes properly tensioned, installing the
    tire will not have any effect on the trueness of the rim.

    I concure, just take the built wheel in the frame so they can use it as
    a trueing stand, the tyre makes no difference atall.

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  6. iridemymuni
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    sweeet, thanks for the quick reply guys, i'll take it down this
    afternoon. (its 12:30am here).

    i just hope my spokes arent too long, as is theyre all 2mm out the ends
    of the nipples and it hasnt even been tensioned or trued yet. i hope
    theres enough thread left on the spokes.

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    munipsycho said:

    Just a bit of advice: never vomit while wearing a full-face helmet.

    irvinegr said:

    haha i just thaught it was funny the title is "3th movie"

    pixystix6 said:

    oo give him and intising lap dance while he rubs pasteries all over you

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  7. ntappin
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    Some bike shops can custom cut spokes, so if they are too long then they
    can just cut them down, but not all shops can do this.

    Also sometimes bike shops have long lists of jobs to do so it may take
    a couple days for them to true and tension the wheel, so I would
    definatly say bring it in now, if they true it with the tyre on then it
    might actualy make the wheel out of true due to imperfections in the
    tyre. This probably won't happen but still, my guess is they would
    probably take the tyre off to do it anyways.

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  8. tholub
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    iridemymuni said:

    sweeet, thanks for the quick reply guys, i'll take it down this
    afternoon. (its 12:30am here).

    i just hope my spokes arent too long, as is theyre all 2mm out the ends
    of the nipples and it hasnt even been tensioned or trued yet. i hope
    theres enough thread left on the spokes.

    That doesn't sound good. Is there any tension in the spokes at all?
    If they're still loose to the touch and they're already protruding from
    the end of the nipples, it'll probably not be possible to put enough
    tension into the wheel.

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