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Old 01-19-14, 08:13 AM
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Originally Posted by onbike 1939
No, that's incorrect.

If wheels are properly built, and by that I mean spokes evenly tensioned and taken to the right tension, then de-stressed, they do not "settle in".

If your LBS tells you to bring your new bike back in a hundred miles or so to have the wheels checked then they haven't been properly built in the first place.
I agree with that, but it is a good idea to keep an eye on them anyway.
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