Recent content by Escammed

Got the rim back Friday. Spokes are tensioned and the wheel is true. Riding on it today to see how it holds up. The cheeky f-er let me know there would be no charge for the work done. WTF! I bit my lip and walked out (I'm trying to be more calm these days) By the time I got home the tyre was...

It's pretty clear to me after questioning them today that they never even put the wheel on the truing stand during or after re-tensioning the spokes. Will see tomorrow what their efforts yield.

Sorry, I mean out of true side to side or wobble. Not out of true egg shape.

The rim is a velocity chukker 700c. It was @ 1-2mm out of true before they tightened the spokes. Took it back again, will give it one last go.

Cool. A bit of an update. I did decide to give them a second chance to do the job properly. I figured that may have one of their more experienced mechanics do the job or make sure it's done properly. Picked it up yesterday and checked the tension of the spokes before I left the shop. They all...

Thanks for the ideas guys. To answer some of the questions, they used the original spokes with new nipples. I rode about 400-500m on the new rim. Some of the spokes were quite loose before it was ridden on. I have have never tried to true up a wheel before. Using the above instructions I'm sure...

Hi, I need some help and advise with a situation I've found myself in! I have a Magic Pie Vector which has been flawless, till I hit a pot hole and bent the rim. Had an new rim fitted at a local bike shop and this is where the issues begin. Aside from being slugged with a bill close to 300%...