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Old 12-13-08 | 06:05 AM
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dabac
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Originally Posted by rousseau
Has anyone here ever done it?
Sure, 2-3 times.

Originally Posted by rousseau
Would you have any advice for someone thinking of doing it?
Easiest way out if you have a vise is to do some dumpster-diving, or to ask nicely at your local lbs until you get hold of some scrapped road steel forks. Spread one to take a rear wheel, keep one as-is. Stick them upside down in the vise and you have an instant trueing stand.
If you want some lateral indicators, run a long screw through each fork leg towards the rim.
For a radial indicator the easiest thing is to clamp a ruler or something across the fork legs and nudge it upwards until it touches the rim.

If you haven't got a vise you can cut the steerer tube down to a stub, and then insert the stub into a hole in a short piece of sturdy plank and you'll have a tabletop trueing stand.

Originally Posted by rousseau
Any thoughts?
Flipping the wheel over will let you center the wheel just as well as any dishing gauge.
Dial gauges to measure out of true are nice, but far from required. You'll hear/see where the rim touches well enough to do a decent job anyhow.
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