I notice my wheel wobbling a little but wasnt sure whether im being too sensitive with an old bike. Any feedback is appreciated. Thanks.
Does my wheel need to be trued?
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by DryMeeting2302
I notice my wheel wobbling a little but wasnt sure whether im being too sensitive with an old bike. Any feedback is appreciated. Thanks.
Does my wheel need to be trued?
byu/DryMeeting2302 inbikewrench
by DryMeeting2302
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it’s fine
Not a pro but i would ride this as is.
Looks reasonable to me. More useful for diagnostics would be a video with the rim close to the brake pad so we can see how much it deviates from true. This video tells little, except that it’s not horribly untrue.
There’s a saying among wheel builders. You got to learn to call it good enough. That is good enough,
Nothing to worry about
Need a video of the wheel with reference to something that doesn’t move to know if it needs to be trued. Rim brakes are a good reference, or just a pen held against the frame.
Without a trueing stand it’s hard to tell, but it seems pretty true to me.
Could just be the tires. My trail bike rims are 100% true but get wobbly with any big lugged tire
You can’t tell looking at the tire. Tape a popsicle stick to a stay and see if the rim moves side to side, or use a zip tie. Honestly, as long as the spokes are tight, it doesn’t matter. The road is way more out of true than your wheel.
Looks fine. Some of that wobble might be from the tire. When asking my self whether I should true a wheel I’m usually concerned about one thing… does the wheel touch or almost touch the break pads, assuming that the bike has rim breaks. And even then I’m asking myself how tight and snappy I need the breaks.
Your tube might not be set properly..
Need to make sure the tube is fully sitting in the tyres can cause the tyre to be uneven if not fully insidethe tyreand the tyre walls nees to fully tuck to the rim. Take the tyre off and tube and see if the rim by it’s self is slightly buckled..