Originally Posted by
crispyblunts
What's the best way for me to tell if my wheels are still true without having a bike shop look at them?
spin it and look at it. If the rims are going left/right or up/down it's not true.
Originally Posted by
crispyblunts
Second question is, for those of you who started off riding on some crummy wheels, about how many miles did you ride before they came un-true?
0 miles. My kilo wheels were untrue out of the box.
Originally Posted by
crispyblunts
But if I decide to ignore the warnings and buy a retrospec deep-v wheel set from sgvbicycles.com for $120 (no shipping costs), will I regret being cheap?
I'ld rather get a Weinman DP18 from velomine for $120...