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Old 12-07-09 | 07:59 PM
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Getting wheels trued...

I bought a set of 2009 Ksyrium Elite wheels over the summer and unfortunately hit a pothole after only owning them for less than a month (had my head down hammering looked up at the last second). The rear wheel got knocked out of true, but I kept riding it until a few months ago. I brought it to an LBS (relatively new, but a local branch of a reputable shop ~1 hr from my house) and the guy trued it up pretty good. He said there was a "hop" in the wheel because of the pothole, but that it wasn't awful. After getting it trued, the wheels rolled fine and I couldn't even feel the hop.


Fast forward to last week. I hopped on my bike late for a ride and rolled out of the garage. As I rolled out of my garage (there is a lip between my garage floor and my driveaway, about 0.5-1 inch) I noticed a loud clunk. Turns out I had a flat tire. Well that even seems to have knocked my rear wheel out of true again and I can feel a noticeable "bump" in the wheel when riding.

So, should I bring it back to get retrued again? Should it go out of true rolling off a 0.5" lip on a flat tire (admittedly a stupid thing that shouldn't happen again) or was the last time it got trued not done "correctly." These damn wheels are supposed to be bombproof so idk wtf is going on. I weight 125 lbs, these wheels should be more than capable of handling my weight...
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