Originally Posted by therf
Looked at the wheel this morning and it appears to be out of true a bit (out of round as well). I'm considering calling oddsandendos to have a rear wheel built for me. Am I going a bit overboard or is this a reasonable solution? I just don't want to deal with truing my rear wheel every month (btw, the wheel is a sun mz-14, sora hub, 32 spoke).
Well, you need to do something. That is NOT normal. Unless some kids are sneaking up and kicking the crap out of your rear wheel occasionally, there's something wrong with the wheel.
As I said, I built myself a new wheel, it was my first build. I followed Sheldon Brown's instructions, and the wheel now has about 3000 miles on it with no problems, I haven't had to touch it. I reused the hub, and my total cost was about $40. The factory wheel was breaking spokes weekly. So if you get someone who actually knows what they're doing build a wheel for you, you should be golden.