Some of you are from other parts of the country so this reference may not make sense.....but this place is like ARCO...."Too much good stuff!" Mr. Beanz....I need your shipping address please. One minor true up in 200 miles and rims lasting well over 20K??? I would LOVE That. I ride my bike like it's made out of crystal. I try really hard to avoid every bump, pothole, twig, squirrel (unless it pisses me off), etc. by moving out of the way and if it can't be avoided getting off the saddle. I jump over sidewalk inlets....all in the name of extending the life of my wheels. But no matter how much care I take my back wheel just starts getting untrue. Just checked my bike again to see where the problem spoke is and it's really pretty loose. A buddy of mine is coming over tomorrow to help me true it as best we can and to help me practice this stuff. I'd really love a clinic on wheel truing, building, maintenance....I had one of my LBS guys come over to my house for a BBQ a couple summers ago when a bunch of folks from work really started to get into cycling (and bike commuting). They covered some general topics: Bike maintenance, flat repair, brake adjustment, etc. etc. It was a nice gig for them....good eats...drinks....and I got about 15 people to pony up $20+ a head for the guy. He didn't go over wheel truing in depth...just some very basic stuff about "minor adjustments"..."don't over tighten." I was going to host another one of those just for wheel truing but it sounds like I don't have guys who would be worth the price of admission here.

I know back wheels take the brunt of the business but my front wheel has been rock SOLID. Hasn't needed any truing in probably over 600-800 miles.