Originally Posted by
FBinNY
The bare minimum standard for a passably true wheel, is that it can clear reasonably adjusted brakes without ever rubbing. Better yet, pass closely adjusted brakes with room to spare on both sides.
On new wheels, I shot for 1/2mm TIR (total wobble), but for repairs 1-2mm is passable, if the wheel started in bad shape.
More important is radial alignment since you can feel high and low spots as you ride. Here I try for well better than 1/2mm, or to where the joint distortion is the worst spot. This applies to both new wheels and repairs.
FB-
do you mean total summed runout (deviation from true) of the left AND the right side of wheel, or just the runout on a side?