Originally Posted by
Squeazel
Well, a person can do a bad job of *anything*. You can make a wheel straight without having even spoke tension. But I see your point- I also would say that "truing" a wheel involves tensioning and straightening, and an LBS that doesn't agree won't get my business, that's for sure.
I'm a bit confused. If the wheel is true and round but uneven tension, then the rim is bent. You won't be able to get the wheel true with even tension. Are you saying that it can? I do agree with you that a wheel true is both getting the wheel true and round and tensioned.
Just the other day, I had to give a wheel back to a customer that I could not guarantee. The rim is bent. I was able to get it almost true, but the tension is off. I did explain it to him that the wheel was about as true as it can be, but that I doubted if it would stay true. I of course did not charge him either.