From my (limited) understanding it might be a trueing issue or bent rim? Is it especially bad/should I be worried? What should I do moving forward?
What’s causing this shifting in the back wheel?
byu/JoeConti21 inbmx
by JoeConti21
From my (limited) understanding it might be a trueing issue or bent rim? Is it especially bad/should I be worried? What should I do moving forward?
What’s causing this shifting in the back wheel?
byu/JoeConti21 inbmx
by JoeConti21
10 Comments
Could be the rim, could be the tire. You could tell by looking at the rim instead of the tire which it is, but really this is not significant and you should just ignore it assuming it’s nothing crazy like spokes missing or loose or the tire not seated fully.
Nope its fine i mean, if you really want it to be perfectly straight, you can take it to a shop and tell them that’s what you want. But I think it’s okay for it to have some motion. Probably even good for it
Get a truing stand and get OCD. Or ignore it but make sure you keep the spokes under tension at the very least. I had a homie who rode the most wobbly ass bent rims and would casually do massive 3s and was a manual god lol.
Nobody mentioned that the wheel is WAY closer on the one side.
Ideally you want your wheel centered evenly between the chain and seat stays.
Hard to see. Rim out of true or tire not seated properly.
Maybe needs a tru
Bandaid fix: loosen the axle nuts, get a flathead and pry between the chainstay and the tire. If the rub is really bad then pry it a bit farther, Tighten the bolts as you normally would while prying and it should fix it for at least 1 or 2 sessions. Also check your rims and tire cause this way is a little ghetto lol.
Looks like you put the wheel on improperly to me. When you tighten the wheel don’t pull on the side with the chain to tighten your wheel. Get something to wedge the tire otherwise make sure both side are even before tightening the wheel. Getting the chain tight properly takes some patience.
See if your rim is centered on your hub first. It could be that you’re trying to center the wheel, but the whole rim is offset , so your hub is sitting with one side slightly farther forward than the other and wanting to sit flush in the dropout. It happens from time to time, so I’ll quickly check mine by just looking down the wheel, like you have in the video, and lining up the side closest to me with the side away from me. Then just see where the tire is sitting in relation to the hub. Do the same on the other side. They should be close to the same spot on either side. I just checked mine and they both line up to just outside the hub flanges, where I can just see the spoke heads. If it’s offset, you’re gonna have to get acquainted with my favourite tool, the spoke wrench.
It can likely be trued. It IS a bmx though after all so technically as long as it still rolls, yer good. It’s good practice to keep them true though. Plus it’s a good skill to gain.