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Do my wheels need truing?

  • 27-04-2014 12:26pm
    #1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 30,308 ✭✭✭✭


    See video here: http://instagram.com/p/nSkot7Jo0q/

    These are fairly new, as in I've only been cycling on them a week. I'm using hydraulic breaks so it shouldn't really matter, but they seem a bit wobbly no? Is that usual for new bikes?


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  • Administrators, Social & Fun Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 78,444 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭Beasty


    IT'S OK to ride, but if it get any worse it should be checked out

    However if it is only a week old and have not hit anything hard the retailer should replace (or at the very least repair) - are any of the spokes loose?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 30,308 ✭✭✭✭.ak


    Yeah the spokes seem fine. The problem with bringing it back to the retailer is they're out in Tallaght, and I'm in the city centre. The bike was delivered in the first place, and I've only used it for a week, but I've had it for a month (it was delivered when my knee was fractured and in a brace!)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,486 ✭✭✭manafana


    bring it back or get in touch with them and explain


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,830 ✭✭✭doozerie


    You can't see the rims in the video. The movement of the tyres does suggest that the rims that are out of true but sometimes you can get movement like that with a true rim but when the tyre is not seated properly on the rim (or when the tyre is damaged or badly made, or maybe even if the tube was particularly rubbish).


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 30,308 ✭✭✭✭.ak


    Gotcha. I'll probably just take it to my LBS - too much of a hassle to get it back to the original retailer - does it cost much to get them trued? At the moment it isn't effecting my braking so I'm not too worried.


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