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    What can I do about this wheel. Is this fixable, is that even a problem?

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    1. Suspicious_Scar_19 on

      amateur, but pretty sure that just has to be trued, have something similar, but honestly if it doesnt affect shifting you can probably live with it lol

    3. vividhour0 on

      Son you just need to adjust the spokes. Go to any local bicycle repair shop and they can fix it in a couple hours if you don’t have the time to learn it yourself.

    4. mcg00b on

      Can’t see the rim in the video, so can’t say if there’s anything wrong with the wheel. Try a better angle or pay attention to the rim.

      It’s probably just tire wobble. If it doesn’t hit the frame then you probably don’t even feel it when riding. You could try remounting the tire, adding soap water to the tire bead and wrestling it on straighter..

    5. opopopuu on

      It’s because of the wrong spokes tension, you can either take the wheel to a mechanic or try to do it yourself by buying a tool, it costs a few dollars. But I wouldn’t recommend doing it yourself, I recently tried to true a wheel and made a mess of it, so it will be difficult without experience.

      https://www.parktool.com/en-int/blog/repair-help/wheel-tension-measurement#:~:text=Spoke%20tension%20is%20the%20amount,adjustments%20that%20affect%20spoke%20tension.

    6. Masseyrati80 on

      If this is not a question of a badly seated tire but about the rim, this level of warp is very easy for an experienced wheel truer / bike mechanic to fix.

      Especially since you have disc brakes, I would be on the fence of whether or not to even have it fixed. It’s a bit of a mild case, while visually clearly noticeable.

    8. LawBeneficial7869 on

      Had many tires, that where not “true”. Rim was centered but the tire not.

    9. mucifous on

      Either its out of true or the tire isn’t seated properly.

      Since you have a disc brake, it really doesn’t matter much. This amount of wobble isn’t hurting anything.

      Spin the wheel and hold something (finger or pen) against the frame so that it’s a few mm away from the rim. If the rim is closer to/hitting the pen/finger when that wobble comes around, its out of true. I wouldn’t worry unless it’s way out of true, and then look up adjusting spokes.

      If the wheel is true, let some air out and go all the way around the wheel, grabbing the tire and rocking it back and forth until the bead reseats itself, then reinflate it.

    10. chinsoddrum on

      The wheel can be trued. This is one of the few things I don’t DIY — too much of a faff.
      This isn’t unrideable, but I’d get it fixed. I get my mtb wheels trued once a year.

    11. toxrowlang on

      Just tweak it with a cheap spoke tool. It’s not rocket science*. Use the tail on a zip tie on the stay as a gauge. Mark on the rim where it’s deflecting. Tighten and loosen spokes in small degrees to pull the rim in that location so that it runs true.

      You’re not going to ruin the dish of your wheel with a few turns on a couple of spokes. But you could stop the problem getting worse or putting stress on an imbalanced part of the wheel.

      You don’t need to do anything now if you can’t be bothered. But it’s so easy to fix and the issue clearly bothers you. I would myself.

      *I’m sure some there are some epic Reddit threads which will argue it is…

    12. Badnerific on

      This guy who thinks he’s your dad is certain this is a spoke issue. It may be but you can’t be certain from this angle. I’d say it’s either spoke tension or a poorly seated tire. I’m assuming you’re running tubes in these?

      Find your bead line. Spin the tire slowly and watch it from both sides. If the line dips into the rim at any point, that’s your issue.

      https://preview.redd.it/yylq5fq8vsse1.jpeg?width=640&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3ca8ade5006bae1e483fa1e8a29dd8e571bc73d3

      There are a couple ways to fix this, easiest being the [dish soap and water trick](https://youtu.be/y3PSyeRUfsk?si=DQcQ6yoD1NjuLeQM). If that doesn’t do the job, I’d recommend using an air compressor instead of a floor pump. Unless you know what you’re doing at this stage, I would take it to the LBS. The goal here is to pop air into the tire rapidly to force the bead onto the rim, which can go poorly if not done correctly.

      If you’ve checked this and the tire is seated correctly, then it’s starting to seem more like a spoke tension issue. If you don’t mind tinkering around with it and seeing what happens, fine, but I would take it to the LBS at this point. Gently pull each spoke until you find one that’s looser than the others. Mark the spoke with a piece of masking tape. Adjust the tension of the loose spoke incrementally and check to see if it’s spinning more true. Turn the spoke nipple (part that connects the spoke to the rim) righty tighty a little, and I mean little, bit at a time. Check and adjust, check and adjust.

      Hope this helps, happy riding

    13. SentientSquirrel on

      Make sure you observe it from the side as well, I’ve had issues like this that turned out to be the tyre having started to delaminate, causing it to partially bulge out. If that is the case the tyre needs replacement – though even if the tyre is faulty, it is of course possible that the wheel is *also* not straight.

      If the tyre is fine, the wheel itself needs truing (aka adjusting the spokes to straighten it up). Look up “truing stand” and videos on how to if you want to try fixing it yourself, otherwise a repair shop will be able to do it for you fairly quick.

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