Originally Posted by johnny99
It is not that easy. You need to account for roundness, wobble, dishing, and uniform tension. Fixing only one dimension often causes problems with the others. I have seen several poorly trued wheels with spokes breaking or pulling out of the rims.
Dishing? How messed up is this hypothetical wheel? Uniform tension? I'll take a truer wheel over one equally tensioned.
IMHO- a wheel with a bent rim is a nightmare. A round, properly built wheel should be quite easy to true.