Joined: Feb 2012
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From: Rochester, NY
Bikes: Stewart S&S coupled sport tourer, Stewart Sunday light, Stewart Commuting, Stewart Touring, Co Motion Tandem, Stewart 3-Spd, Stewart Track, Fuji Finest, Mongoose Tomac ATB, GT Bravado ATB, JCP Folder, Stewart 650B ATB
Good LBSs will remove the wheel from it's packing/wrap and prep it for sale. This means making sure the hub is well greased and the bearings are adjusted. Then the spoke tension/rim true is checked/corrected. At the shop I work at we flag the wheel with the date and our initials after doing this.
We see this as a two fold benefit. First is that the wheel will have a longer trouble free life. Second is when we install a wheel during a repair job that repair will take less time. Andy.