Originally Posted by Jerseysbest
I got new wheels about 1.5 weeks ago, have about 200 miles on them, but the spokes started making some noise while riding and feel a bit loose (but I'm not exactly sure what too loose is though), most likely on just the rear wheel.
It shouldn't take too long for a good mech to tighten them, right, and hopefully not too much? Is it something I can do myself without screwing up my wheel, I have a spoke wrench, but its the only thing on my bike I'm afraid to do.
Yeah, just tighten them all up until you can't turn the wrench anymore....... Jeez, seriously, you need to understand how a wheel is built and tensioned. Trueing a wheel is not as simply as just tightening up the loose spokes. You've got lateral true, radial true and then there is uniform tension to consider. Check out some websites. It's not terribly difficult, but you do need to understand the engineering relationships first. Making a round and true wheel isn't hard, but making one that will stay that way and perform well is a whole nother story.