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    Wheel rim is wobbling, completely new bicycle. Anyone know the issue? Specialized Diverge E5 2025

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    1. PobBrobert on

      Wheel is out of true. Unless you’re familiar with wheel trueing, I’d take it back to where you bought and have them fix it.

    2. stillnobrakes on

      A shop can fix that in 15 minutes, you have a loose spoke. If you want to take it on yourself you need a spoke wrench and patience and a couple youtube how to videos.

    3. texdroid on

      Wheels are supposed to be true when they go in the box at the factory, but Specialized would expect the bike shop to check and true up the wheels during final assembly just in case it gets banged around in shipping.

    4. ThePanoply on

      That’s pretty normal. Wheels go through a lot of stress. The spokes are flexing a lot and those movements create imbalances. Have a wheel smith re tension the spokes and they should be stable for a lot longer. Think of it as a break in period.

    5. bbbermooo on

      Looks like one spoke came loose.

      Look at the wobble area and wiggle some spokes betcha one spoke is way looser than the others.

    6. flippertyflip on

      Have you ridden it?
      It should be covered under the 2-4 week checkup that shops usually offer.

    7. m3t4b0m4n on

      im selling bikes out of boxes. some brands, i check all the rims first and true 50% of them again, before selling the bike. some brands come with (95%) perfect wheels. sometimes there are transport damages. sometimes the rims get untrue after 100km riding (very View).

      If i would have sold you the bike, i would fix it in a day and of course without charge you anything. i want happy customers.

    8. Madtingv2 on

      Definitely take it back to where ever you purchased from. Demand a replacement or refund play your cards right you could possibly walk away with a replacement and I little sweetener for your inconvenience.

    9. steveclarkonbass on

      I’ve built up a lot of bikes out of boxes. Most machine built wheels require some correction. Even on higher end wheels. That would never have left the shop I work at like that.

    10. Economy_Day_553 on

      Head bike tech at a specialized dealer here, bring it back to the store. They’re gonna do it for free and quickly if you’re not an asshole about it.

    11. Gift_Inside on

      The shop should have trued the wheel when they assembled the bike, they should do it for free if you take it back to them.

      Sounds like you want to learn to do it yourself though, which is not that hard. Park tool has some good videos on you tube you could watch.

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