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    Any different ways please to sort this UP AND DOWN wobble?

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    2. bmxer85 on

      Check that your tire bead is even all the way around. Deflate the tire mostly but not completely, Roll it around then air it back up, not saying that’s the issue because I can’t see it from the side but that may help

    3. Haywag_BMX on

      Egged rim? Maybe if you tru ur wheel it won’t bounce as much but I don’t know if u can get rid of it completely (my rim is also a little egged it ain’t really a problem IMO)

    4. Fine_Temporary_4409 on

      I am truing it now but it’s the up and down buckle I can’t get out

    5. Traffic-Lobster679 on

      Tyre might just need seating properly, but if tyre is OK then a decent bike shop should be able to retrue the rim.

    6. Putmetosleep on

      Loosen both sides of several spokes where the tire is furthest from the fork stem, then tighten exactly the same opposite spokes. Rinse and repeat.

    7. davey-jones0291 on

      Op that wouldn’t be noticeable to ride on but if you want it right; check the bead of the tyre is seated evenly all the way round. Some tyres are out of shape that much from new so even if the bead is perfect it may be the tyre. To check pull the tyre off and put a cable tie round each forkleg by the rim to give you something to judge against. Start with getting any high spots out by tightening opposite side pairs of spokes. Flat spots are a pita and youd want to slacken the spokes around it all the way and tighten the others furthest to closest to squeeze the flat spot out. Tbh its probably just the tyre op good luck.

    8. Alvinthf on

      Too tricky to explain comprehensively here, but it’s egg’ed which is part of any truing process. It means finding the “hop” in the rim so where it bounces down towards the fork steerer, and hen tightening every spoke radiating outwards from the hops highest point. Equally an egg where the rim flat spots up towards the hub, the opposite is loosening each spoke outwards from its lowest point. This is a broad strokes explanation. Check yt for a visual guide

    10. ppraaron on

      It’s never easy to true a wheel with the tire on. Park tools has some good videos on how to clean up different wobbles.

    11. ginger-tiger108 on

      Yeah before anything else try deflating your tyre and re-inflating slowly to make sure it’s not just the type sitting on the rim wrong otherwise it’s a high low buckle which is a badstyle pain in the arse to fix as to loosen the spokes at the high spot and then tighten the spokes at the low spot usally 4 spokes at a time and unless you’ve got some decent experiences of fixing side to side buckles a up down one isn’t going to be something that you can do yourself without most likely making it worse or at least that’s been my experience trying to fix them! So I’d go your bike shop and give them 20 quid to fix get it back in shape

    12. DedTh0ts on

      First, take the tire/tube off the wheel so you can true the wheel on your fork better and see how out of true the actual wheel is. You really can’t true a wheel with a hop with the tire on because the tire is never perfectly round in the first place. Get yourself a zip tie and strap it to the fork and find out where the hop is. Where it’s hopping towards where the ground would be, tighten those 2-4 spokes a 1/4 turn. Small increments are important. Spin the wheel after every adjustment to check if those adjustments changed anything anywhere else. Once you get the hops reduced, check the side to side and remember where the hops were so you don’t create them again trying side to side. You need to loosen where/if it has a low side hop (towards the hub). Truing a wheel takes practice. Yours really doesn’t look too bad. Watch some YT vids on how to true a wheel with a zip tie. And don’t worry about it being absolutely perfect. Just get it as close as you can. Then when you put the tire on make sure to seat the bead evenly and inflate it slowly and that the bead stays seated pretty evenly. Should have your wheel dialed in no time.

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