How to True a Bicycle Wheel

The BEST way to know if the spoke tension is too tight or too low to measure it with a tension meter. Otherwise, one develops a feel for it after a while by squeezing the spokes with your hands. You can also get a feel for the tension by how much force is required to turn the spoke nipple. If the spoke nipples are rounding off when you turn them, then the tension is way to high. Conversely, if they turn with no effort, the spoke tension is way to low.

thank you very much man!! this vid was really helpful to me.
well explained and well edited!!

congratz!!

@IntownBicycles So you’re saying when a spoke breaks you substitute the lack of tension in that particular spot by increasing the tension in the neighboring spokes?

@IntownBicycles So your saying that when one of the spokes on a bicycle wheel breaks then you temporarily substitute the lack tension by tightening the nipples on the neighboring spokes?

Actually, you need to decrease the spoke tension on either side of the broken spoke. It’ll be fairly obvious when you look at it, or certainly when you start turning spoke nipples.

woot broke 2 spokes… but i dont need to buy new ones just tighten up the other side 8-D

not tried it yet on my bike.. but looks by far the best video on this subject …

gud job dude now i can fix my bike this summer i warped my rim so i guess i can jus actually twist some nipples and get everything back to normal (somewhat)

Just bought a truing stand today,thanks for the tuition!

Great vid! I’ve been avoiding my bike because I’m a noob at truing.

Great video!! very clear.

Ayy someone help me out. What i did was take out all the spokes off the rim and then for the rim i just put weight on it to straighten in out Good idea?

mike from in town bicycles – good video very clear.

I just broke two spokes today on a 35 year old bicycle and now I think i’ll be back on the road tomorrow. Fantastic job on the video!

“this is the hurb”

WOW very good job..
this has been the most helpfull video on truing wheels.
thank you .

Nice videos, really clear. Dig the accent as well.

Great videos

a spoke and nipple lol

Hi, and thanks for the advice, what I would like to know is how do I BALANCE a wheel? The air valve adds weight to one side of the wheel causing a pulsing which is more noticeable at higher speeds. is there a simple weight that can be attached on the other side of the wheel (other than bubble gum)?
Thanks

@hamballsario you could try this, get an old inner tube and cut small pieces of it and put them between the good inner tube and tyre. should balance things out

Mike, Here I am in Ireland and I must say this is totally brilliant. . .

Mike, Here I am in Ireland and I must say this is totally brilliant. . . Have you recorded a piece on replacing a bottom bracket?

this is the hurb, lol.

This video does NOT contain good instructions for truing a wheel. Spokes must be tightened and loosened in pairs or groups or your wheel will go out of round.