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Originally Posted by Russ Roth (Post 21763927)

From improperly trained techs truing wheels by not caring what the spoke tension of a wheel feels like by just turning spokes till the wheel looks right. It leaves imbalanced tension that doesn't take much to warp a rim completely past a certain point. Can also happen with an improper wheel build, particularly in the rear, where the spoke tension is exceeding forces that the rim is meant to handle, usually someone new to building trying to get the non-drive side tension up to what they think is best. Any sudden change in tension, squeezing the drive side spokes or bumping them into something, will completely pretzel the rim before you know what's happened.

You're not understanding. It bent the rim. To get an idea what the bend looks like, put a rim in a vice than twist the rim with a wide grip. Two kinks in opposite directions about 3-4 inches apart.

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Originally Posted by Deal4Fuji (Post 21764249)

Similar to some others above using 2X4's and old deck boards. I'm not too proud to raid a discard pile of wood from a neighborhood remodel :lol:. I do have a lot of tools including sanders to make to old wood look a little cleaner

I did something very similar with L shaped pieces of plywood. They go farther up the rim that way. Nice thing about these is they can be unscrewed and adjusted for the width of the tire. I built a bike shed and screwed the stands right to the plywood decking for a fully custom fit

Repurpose and reuse to leave a smaller carbon footprint. You and I are not ghetto but climate activists.