Intermediate Week 4 - Wheel Truing

Here's some good references, remember that by plucking the spoke like a guitar string the tone can tell you a lot about the relative tension of one spoke to the others in the wheel, but does not tell you the real "amount" of tension.

http://www.sheldonbrown.com/tooltips/truing.html you can make spokes too tight, do not tighten spokes until you strip nipples, check overall tension with gauge, truing wheels on your bike is never as accurate, reversing the brake pads is overkill.

http://www.sheldonbrown.com/wheelbuild.html there is good information about spokes, and nipples here, the actual wheel building is beyond the scope of this class

http://www.bikexprt.com/bicycle/tension.htm this article explains using tone to judge tension, but is a bit confusing

http://www.parktool.com/repair/readhowto.asp?id=81 good overall of truing

http://www.parktool.com/repair/readhowto.asp?id=82 how to dish/center a wheel

http://www.parktool.com/repair/readhowto.asp?id=128 how to measure tension

http://bicycletutor.com/wheel-truing/ wheel truing video, if truing on bike remove the tire, lube spoke and nipple, the goal is to end up with uniform and appropriate spoke tension, don't turn right side spokes twice as much as left on rear wheel, checking dish on frame assumes your frame is straight, overall a good video but remember the key point of wheel truing is to get even tension so that the wheel is stable. Doesn't address damaged rims.

http://bicycletutor.com/broken-spoke/ broken spoke video, make sure to cross the spoke under it's neighbor

http://www.terminalvelocity.demon.co.uk/WheelBuild/ this website has pictures of alternative lacing patterns, if you're interested.