Advanced Week 4 - Wheels!

Truing wheels is a skill that can only be learned with practice.
Your goal will be to begin learning the art and science of balancing the four aspects of wheel truing: lateral, radial, dish and tension.

Here's Park Tool's article on truing: http://parktool.com/repair/readhowto.asp?id=81

And here are some articles on wheels if you want to read them.

1.Wikipedia article on bicycle wheels:
Overview of how a wheel goes together. The information on hubs is not especially pertinent to class and can be skimmed through, but you might find it interesting anyways.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bicycle_wheel#Reaction_to_load_.28tensioned_wire_spoked_wheels.29

2. Bicycle Tutor article on wheel truing, there's even a video!! http://bicycletutor.com/wheel-truing/

3. Another Bicycle Tutor article, on replacing a broken spoke, has a video too. http://bicycletutor.com/broken-spoke/

4. Sheldon Brown's article on wheelbuilding. Great information on how wheels are put together. Partway through the article it walks you through the process of actually assembling a wheel. It's way more information than we'll cover during class, but some of you will find it helpful. At the very least ready up to the section entitled "Spoke Length Calculator" and then skip down and read the sections "Initial Spoke Adjustment" and "Tensioning and Truing" http://sheldonbrown.com/wheelbuild.html