Originally Posted by MikeDVB

Very interesting thread. The wheel on the back of my '10 Trek 7100 Hybrid is a bit wobbly/out of true.

I have a truing stand and dish tool [got them from a friend that moved to cali and didn't want to take them with him].

I've considered just attempting to adjust the tension to get it back to true, de-tensioning the whole wheel to see what shape the rim itself is in as well as giving me a chance to lubricate everything prior to re-tensioning and to give me a fresh start, and completely disassembling the wheel and re-assembling it.

This is my kid hauler/leisurely ride bike - my normal bike is my road bike - so it's OK if this one is down for a while. Ultimately I'd really like to end up with a trued wheel that's as true as I can get it both laterally and axially. I know that "within 1mm is acceptable" but I'd really like to spend the time to get it as true as I possibly can.

Being the first time I've done this I'm concerned I'll over-do it and end up creating issues rather than solving them but I figure if I totally hose it I can get a new set of wheels and then use these as learning tools worst case.