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5. A L I G N the W H E E L S
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Aligning a wheel is more of
an art than a science, but it is a
skill anyone can learn with enough
practice.
The most common wheel problem
is a lateral or sideways bend. For
a wheel laterally out of true,
this is what you do:
Leave the wheel on the bike
and the tire and tube inflated.
Hang the bike up. Turn the wheel
around until you find the area
which is the most bent. Use the
brake pads (perhaps adjusted
closer) or a pencil held next to
the bike frame to indicate clearly
where the bend is. If you were to
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shorten some of the spokes going
from the bent area to the side of
the hub opposite the direction of
the bend, or lengthen the spokes
on the side towards which it is
bent, the rim would bend back
toward the center.
And this is exactly what you
do. First, experiment with the
effect. Grab a handful of spokes
about half-way between the hub and
the rim at the brake caliper.
Squeeze, which will momentarily
bend the spokes, effectively
shortening them and you will see
the wheel rim move toward the side
of the brake.
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