5 of us out on a ride this morning and we started from my house. I maintain my bike and one other but as one rider arrived I heard an intermittent brake noise. Checked his back wheel and it was out of true. 2 minutes later and it was true. Son-in-Law arrived and he said his rim was bent so passed him the spoke tool. 5th turned up and I decided to check his wheels as a precaution. No problem. He had just put his wheels in for an annual service and had 5 spokes replaced and new bearings.
Wheels go out of true very easily if you are offroad or hit potholes. Luckily a little bit of out of true will not be noticed but it does get worse if not attended to.
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