Trueing Wheels

The only hard part is hammering a rim back into shape to remove any flat
spots.

Not really flat spots, but any deformities vertically.

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This is what I do and it seems to work pretty well.

Get a ziptie and tie it to one of you fork legs. Then angle the extra
slack toward the tire and cut just enough off so it *-almost-* touches
the rim. Then once you've done this, just spin the tire and see if it
rubs anywhere. If it does hit the ziptie then simply do this.

Find the spot Where it rubs the tie. Then go directly on the opposite
side and tighten the spokes in the effected area a quarter turn until
fixed.

Shazam its done

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great! keep it up.

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Naomi said:

trying to attach a picture of the tree, before it was circumsized.

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'Captain bike to the rescue'
(http://www.sheldonbrown.com/tooltips/truing.html)

One common mistake people tend to make (I did when I was younger) is to
only tighten the spokes and not loosen. It is really easy to make a
wheel true but out of round by just tightening the spokes on the side
the rim is bent away from.

I recently got a tensometer and it helps let you know how much tension
is in a spoke which can help you decide if you can tighten it more
without risking over-tightening.

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I think after a while you learn how not to overtighten spokes, well I
did, so I presume others will as well. You almost need to try a few
different wheels to see what you are doing wrong. You can always undo
the bits you did wrong (within reason).
One thing that might help with truing a wheel, if there's quite a lot
to be done, is to take the crank arms off before hand. This is so that
they don't knock you out as you spin the wheel too fast whilst trying
to find the untrue spots! It also helps to stop the wheel from wobbling
as you spin it. The one thing that you need most is to keep the
unicycle frame and wheel still whilst trying to find untrue sections of
the wheel. Wobbling of the wheel as it is turning could impare your
judgement and cause you to make it worse than it originally was.
The hard parts to truing a wheel is when you have a large flat spot, or
if you dent the rim. I've had people bring their wheels to me and one
sidewall has almost completely caved! These are possible to save, just
not to the original standard! (If this does happen then get an
adjustable spanner and tighten it around the the bent part of the rim
and pull it back into place (careful not to put massive cut marks into
the rim with the spanner. Put something in between the spanner and rim
if you are trying to keep it as best as you can). You might also want a
nylon mallet to smooth it out a little after going over it with an
adjustable spanner.

Hope that helps.

p.s. All of the above is just from personal experience. Don't blame me
if you knacker your wheel whilst following my instructions!

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UniDudeDX said:

cause i am not gonna pay 15 bucks everytime i throw my rim out of
true...

Everytime? Your rim should not be out of true all the time 😕

I tighten (sp?) my spokes about once a week and my rim is fine (Since I
bought a spoke tool, because it's bent for ever now I think. If I
tighten the spoke like The UniSlab said, the spoke is going to be too
tight and it's going to blow)

If you oftenly maintain your wheel, you should not have any problem
with it.

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UniDudeDX said:

I just got a spoke tool, cause i am not gonna pay 15 bucks everytime i
throw my rim out of true...

That's from landing those rolling hops sideways...

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I tell u wat they would have to be a very commited pedo to learn to ride
a unicycle in order to mingle with us, steel one of us and rape us in a
bush.

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im getting better at rolling out....but yea pretty much.

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Naomi said:

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