[Noisebridge-discuss] working on your bicycles

[d p chang]

Ian <ian at slumbrparty.com> writes:

> sounds good. now how do i use those things to true my wheel? :)

there are some tutorials out there, but i think sheldon brown's is a
pretty good one

  http://www.sheldonbrown.com/wheelbuild.html

skip down to the section after lacing (tensioning and truing) since you
already have a wheel. 

as a first pass, don't sweat getting the tension spot on, but don't
allow a huge difference if you can help it. your wheel will be weaker,
but it will probably not make much of a difference.

if your wheel is too fucked up (taco-ed in the parlance) you're going to
have to get a new one.

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