This video is almost 8 years old & has the most clear explanation on how to true a rim. Every other video confused me, this one was straight to the point & i actually learned something. Thanks bro !
I was able to just straighten mine with a regular old adjustable wrench!! I know it's not recommended cuz it might strip the spokes but it worked in a pinch..
@luigiprovencher8888 bike shops often work with minimum prices. If I want anything done at a local place they will bill parts + minimum an hour labour, even if it's 5 minutes. 1 hour and 10 minutes is billed 2 hours etc. And theyre always full of bikes waiting to be repaired. So maybe it's the same for this guy, but I agree, fixing should be much cheaper than replacing new to not promote waste economies
It might take rebuilding a wheel. But good luck have fun. I can tell you you can fix some wheels which are really out of whack, but it takes a bit of time and knowledge.
Agreed ...even covered if you dont have the tool use wrench in a pinch.. doesn't look like too many turns involved..l bought Walmart tool with 1 slot but did not fit any bike spokes
Thanks for this. I tried this once in junior high - I was winging it and the result was a disaster. After that I was too intimidated to try again until I watched this. Today I got the rims on my bike and my wife's bike straight as an arrow and the brakes adjusted perfectly. Thanks again.
I started doing my own a few years ago, way more cool than paying a small fortune at a shop ,all these helpful vids on you tube mean you can all do it yourself, just be brave and go for it ,air forks are easier than you think /bottom brackets/ all will save you money 💰 doing it yourself and you get satisfaction you've fixed yourself own bike 🚲 🤟🇬🇧💯
Using this technique I was amazed how well I was able to true this wobbly bicycle rim. Just happened to have the tire off and the inner rubber liner as well. The back side of the tightening screws for the spokes on this wheel were slotted for a regular screw driver. Using the screwdriver instead of a wrench or pair of pliers made the task even easier. This wheel is spinning like a roulette wheel now. Thank You for your informative video.
That is fantastic, Out of all my years of having bicycles I never knew this was possible.I always assumed if my bicycle rim would wobble it was caused from being bent or if I has loose spokes I would just tighten the snot out of them... Good Stuff & thanks for sharing!
And yet he fails to mention one of the most important aspects of wheel truing, and that's spoke tension. If the spokes you have to tighten to true a wheel, are already tight, you can snap a spoke or create imbalance of tension. Sure, he showed how to true a wheel in 2 minutes, though the actual info was only about 20 seconds worth, the rest was pointless rambings, but doing this without taking current spoke tensions, can cause more harm than good. Try Parktool turorial vids, these blokes know what they 're doing and their vidoes are well set out, with good lighting and camerangles and added visuals to help explain.
Great, simple lesson on how to get your wheel to spin without a wobble. I was taking my wheels into the bike shop tomorrow, but I have no wobble in the wheels now. Thanks much!!
Thanks man, that’s all I gotta do? Thought I would have to transport to bike shop and back and be at the mercy of the chip reader! That is a smooth/ clean video explanation that will live in infamy now.
Thank you for that video. Im using bime to get to work, my spoke have broken so I had to weld a bit to it so its not too short anymore but watching this sparked the whole process of fixing it as well was bent really bad. Thanks again mate I hope you are doing great
Thank you! I've always wondered about spokes - adjustment, and I go back a-ways. I can remember when we would convert the Schwinn Stingray to a BMX bike...
Had a golden stingray in 1970. Best memories popping wheelies. Brothers friend stole it I'm sure. Saw him at 40th class reunion...unemployed and never achieved anything...thought all those years to confront him to see the look on his face, but let it go...
@@westvalley411 Yeah, I think your gut told ya all ya needed to know, but yeah, those were the enchanted years! BTW, is West valley in California around the Topanga Cyn area?
I recently noticed that my rear tire is slightly crooked and veers to the left. I can slip my hand through the gap between the tire and the chainstay on the right side, but the gap on the left is too narrow for me to get my hand through it. However the problem isn't bad enough that the tire makes contact with the chainstay when turning. It can still rotate 360°. It’s good to know there’s a cheap and easy DIY fix.
I've read elsewhere that it's a good idea to balance the adjustment through slackening and tightening over a small section of the rim, would seem to make sense if the wheel isn't out of round although it's hard to tell if this is the case with the tyre fitted.
That's awesome. I thought that my wheel was bent but maybe I just need to have this done. They want $25 from my local (not so local as it's in a few towns or cities over) bike shop to straighten it or true it up.
I have a fixie bike and the rims are almost 10 years old and the spokes have never been tightened. The rims are straight but spokes are loose! Can I just snug them up or does it have to be done in a special pattern I dont' even want to make them tight just snug so they are okay...
I spent $15 yesterday at the bike shop. They adjusted both wheels. Next time I'll buy a tool. Now I have to buy a good cable cutter for the brakes that I am replacing.
Thank you for such a no-bullshit answer to what starts as an easy question! These other guys, "The thing of it is..." And once they've done complaining about "that one time" and telling the story of their stupid friend and the day their niece got their first whatever, and sprinkle in some technical jargon "the ACTUAL nipple ITSELF" makes me furious. As William Zinsser put it in On Writing Well: Say your thing with as few and small words as possible without compromising the meaning, then make for the nearest exit.
I sure do miss the older design of the park tool. Wonder how much this was 7 years ago, I bought a new one (because I can't find my old one) a few days ago, it was $12.
I can also see both brakes are pulling to one side cant figure how to adjust them...with the side pull wire on top of brake set..just loosened rear wire cause wobbly tire so far ..gonna try this tho
Just flipped my gf's bike over. It pulls to the left pretty hard. I spun the wheel & it never touched either break pad. Is there something else I should be looking at?
Yes, you do. Air pressure in the tyre will stop the rim finding its true form after spoke adjustment. Also need to squeeze spokes on the adjusted rim area to relieve any residual tension, otherwise the first time you ride after adjustment the wheel is likely to end up with the same problem within a few miles.
