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Old 02-28-17 | 07:37 AM
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Originally Posted by shine2000
So it turns out my 26 in wheel was bent on my rear mtb and my lbs couldnt true the wheel.ifi get a new wheel will i need to get it trued?
New wheels usually don't need "truing". Machine built wheels are usually straight...aka "true"...from the factory. But they may need to be "tuned".

Due to the nature of the way wheels are built, each spoke has to be treated a bit differently in the way that it is tensioned. It's difficult to program a machine to do this so the wheels build by machine can be helped by having a more sophisticated computer go over it and check the build. That's a human, by the way.

The wheel should be checked for spoke tension and have stresses relieved on the spokes. Additionally, all hubs...at least all of the ones I've seen... coming out of wheel building machines are way too tight. The bearing will need some adjustment as well.
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