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11-26-17, 10:20 AM

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Originally Posted by twodownzero

I suspect even having the wheels trued would make a huge difference in performance. I also suspect that paying someone to true the wheels would cost at least 1/4 of the bike's value to have the service performed.

Given my experiences with lots and lots of BigBox bikes, the wheels don't need truing so much as they need tensioning. All of them have loose spokes.

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