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Old 05-10-11 | 08:20 AM
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dabac
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Yes-no-maybe. Cartridge bearings will often need some time to work off the first excess seal drag, which if fractions count you don't want to do in a race setting. Likewise unless you go over the wheel by hand, ping the spokes ASO, a soft start can give you time to notice something that's seriously off.

The rest is open for discussion. In even the best built wheel the spokes will do a bit of final settling when the wheel starts rolling. On two occasions I've also noticed a "huge" change in bearing adjustment during an early stage of usage.
I much prefer to see what's happened during that time, although it's probably negligible.
If it was important, it'd be pretty much impossible to sell wheels over the 'net for instance.
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