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    Can this be trued with out a stand? LBS closed tomorrow

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    2. sleazepleeze on

      By who? If you mean yourself then I don’t know, do you have any experience trueing wheels? The stand doesn’t make the wheel true on its own, it’s a tool for accuracy and ease.

    3. anticipatory on

      The stand just provides a reference point, like your brake pads.

      Do you have spoke wrenches?

    4. tennyson77 on

      Yah, you can true it in your bike. Take a straight edge like a ruler or a stick and tape/secure it to one of those blue parts of your frame. Then use that straighten out that one area. Likely only a few spokes you have to adjust. It won’t be perfect but you can definitely get it better.

    5. kevinkace on

      I actually trued a wheel for the very first time a couple days ago! I taped a nail to each of my fork blades to use as alignment gauges. It’s pretty easy to just tighten and loosen nipples around the wheel by small amounts. To be fair my wheel was not nearly as bad as yours but I would give it a shot if I were you.

    9. MaxTrixLe on

      Tighten on the side you want to pull inwards, loosen on the side you want to “push” inwards

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