Originally Posted by squeaver

I didn't know there were two kinds of truing. I also thought a trued wheel and good spoke tension went hand-in- hand. Correct me if I am wrong. I would take the :Basic" true and call it good.

Originally Posted by SweetLou

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.