how to know when wheel are out of true?
 

hey i got a question, after fixing my brakes, i went on a cruise on my bike. i realized that my brakes (v brake/linear pull) shifts to the right then back at a certain point of the wheel. does this mean my wheel is out of true?

you mean your brake arms are getting knocked side to side as the wheel spins? Basically if you can't brake well and have the pads not rub then the rim is out of whack and needs truing. If the rim is knocked out of whack because it is bent there's a limited amount of truing you can do without overtightening some spokes or having some spokes too loose so you'll have to live with a bit of wobble that comes from the metal being bent. A common way that can happen is a front tire put in a bike rack and it falls over bending the rim.

Have you checked for a broken spoke?

yeah the arms are getting knocked side to side. when i put the bike upwards, and spin the wheel and put my finger on the rim, i feel a bump every rotation. uasally i dont take care of my bikes (ride off curbs, downhill, drop the drop etc)

no broken spokes, they all tighten and make a good Ding sound.

Grab yourself a spoke wrench and start learning how to true wheels.

already got a spoke wrench :p , im just wondering if you know if the wheel are out of true.

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No, your wheels are perfectly true:rolleyes:

You're looking at it.

spin the wheel while looking at the brake pads.

if the rim sways from side to side by more than 2mm each way, then your wheel is out of true.
if the rim bobs up and down by more than 2mm, then your wheel is out of round.


there's also something I would call as being "out of tension", but you need either a tension meter or a good set of ears to see this.

May I make a joke?

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