How Do You True Wheels Of A Bicycle?
• Inspect your wheels for bent spokes. • Check the tightness of your spokes using a spoke wrench. At the end of each spoke is a nipple that you can use to tighten or loosen the spoke, thus adjusting how much each individual spoke pulls on the rim. On a perfectly true wheel and rim, all the spokes are equally tight. • You may want to flag particularly tight ones or particularly loose ones. Some people use different colored tapes for this purpose. Turn your bike upside down so that it’s resting on its seat and handlebars. Bike shops use bike stands, but turning the bike upside down allows the wheels to turn freely, so you can eyeball them for wobble. • Remove the tire and tube for best results. The shape of the rim is easier to ascertain without these on the bike. Reattach the rim to the bike for testing. • Place or tape a ruler, pencil or other straight edge by the forks so that the tool almost touches the rim. This will allow you to see minor fluctuations where the rim is closer to, or
