Bike wheel buckled

Marktheshark

You can sort the wheel yourself, dozens of easy DIY guides on Youtube.
Once the fact that the spokes are on the opposite sides of the hub connects in your brain it gets very easy.

fred246

I don't know. You can google it. Quite a few bike shops have their prices online. I only went in once and asked. There was a sharp intake of breath. Well there's labour charges and then the parts and the VAT. I just went home and decided to sort it out myself.

[Deleted User]

I don't use any gadgets, as I already said I true the wheel by tone. The life of a wheel is longer than a couple of weeks or a couple of months, my wheels are still true when the rim is worn out after 20,000 miles.

Marktheshark

fred246 wrote: »

Right then arcon5. Use jack_pott and Markthesharks advice and sort your wheel out using your ear and eyeball. Good Luck.

As opposed to your Hundreds of pounds worth of gadgets ?
Been riding and winning lots of nice trophy's probably longer than you have been born.
Always repaired my own bikes, straightened all my own wheels and dozens from friends and club members and never had a gadget costing £££
Just look on you tube, it really is quite easy to do.

[Deleted User]

There's no need to spend anything on wheel building kit. I have a home made stand and a home made dishing gauge that cost nothing, I even up the spoke tension by ear (the only way), and check the spoke tension using a spring balance. My only other piece of kit is a home made plectrum, because my thumbnail won't last the distance without shredding.

fred246

Well marktheshark you need to talk to jack_Pott and ask him how to make wheels. His never need truing. And you need to tell all the bike shops and professional wheel builders that use Park Tools Professional wheel building stands to stop wasting money.

[Deleted User]

fred246 wrote: »

Well marktheshark you need to talk to jack_Pott and ask him how to make wheels. His never need truing. And you need to tell all the bike shops and professional wheel builders that use Park Tools Professional wheel building stands to stop wasting money.

The answer is patience. The difference between any amateur and a professional is that amateurs have the time to do a job properly, but a professionals time isn't free, so he has to do a job that's economically competitive.

If your wheels need re-truing after weeks rather than years you are doing something wrong.

fred246

I have bought the equipment to have straight wheels. If I build a wheel I might have a look at it a couple of weeks after I have made it. If it is perfectly straight I won't touch it. If it is the slightest bit out I will tweak it. Sorry if it upsets you but I have the time to do it.

[Deleted User]

fred246 wrote: »

After building a new wheel you do have to straighten them every few weeks as the spokes bed down.

fred246 wrote: »

If I build a wheel I might have a look at it a couple of weeks after I have made it. If it is perfectly straight I won't touch it.

Spot the backtracking.

Sorry if it upsets you but I have the time to do it.

Upset about what? Please yourself how build your own wheels, but if I was checking mine that often I'd get pretty cheesed off with it.

fred246

OK then Arcon5. Go and make yourself a truing stand and a dishing gauge. Then make yourself a perfect wheel that will last 20000 miles and never need truing. Should be cheap.