Originally Posted by
davidad
If it is way out radially I would slacken all of the spokes and start from scratch. I begin by getting the wheel radially true with only a little attention to lateral runout. As the tension builds I begin to work on the lateral true. I tension the drive side and then center the rim and finally stress relieve the wheel by squeezing the paired spokes.
I think this is where my lack of experience of truing wheels has kicked in. Truing a wheel on the road or taking out a decent bump in a rim, with the wheel on the bike, is not so bad. It's when you take a wheel and put it on a truing stand that you notice just how out of whack the wheel really is. Like thinking you have a straight line until you put a spirit level or plumb bob against it. I have built wheels from scratch and they have been fine, but the whole process is 'a little but often', so everything comes together slowly. Truing a wheel, you are fixing the bits that ain't right, which has an effect on everything else around it. I will try to adjust the wheel incrementally, if all else fails, I'll go down your route and slacken off all spokes and start anew.
dabac wschruba davidad Thank you
ALL for your input. Much obliged!
