Mountain Equipment Bikes
Is there any way a person can straighten a bicycle wheel without specialized equipment?
It is the rear wheel on a 15 speed mountain bike and it appears to be about 3/8 of an inch out of true in about 20° of arc around the wheel. I am using the amount of shift in the brake caliper to judge the amount of bend in the wheel. Yes I am trying to not spend an arm and a leg as I am limited on funds
Well – ya got a couple of options that I know of. Call a local bike shop to see what they’ll charge you to “true” the wheel – it may not be as costly as you think. The next more expensive thing is to purchase a new one. You could also see if the bike shop might want to trade you a used but good wheel at a discount since they could fix yours and resell that.
Unless you have knowledge of how to true a wheel, I’d be careful to do it yourself since you may throw the wheel farther out of round.
I did find this website which illustrates the method of a homespun fixit – check it out! Good luck and keep the rubber side down!
http://www.webmountainbike.com/noname1.html
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