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- 5. A L I G N the W H E E L S
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- Aligning a wheel is more of
- an art than a science, but it is a
- skill anyone can learn with enough
- practice.
- The most common wheel problem
- is a lateral or sideways bend. For
- a wheel laterally out of true,
- this is what you do:
- Leave the wheel on the bike
- and the tire and tube inflated.
- Hang the bike up. Turn the wheel
- around until you find the area
- which is the most bent. Use the
- brake pads (perhaps adjusted
- closer) or a pencil held next to
- the bike frame to indicate clearly
- where the bend is. If you were to
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- shorten some of the spokes going
- from the bent area to the side of
- the hub opposite the direction of
- the bend, or lengthen the spokes
- on the side towards which it is
- bent, the rim would bend back
- toward the center.
- And this is exactly what you
- do. First, experiment with the
- effect. Grab a handful of spokes
- about half-way between the hub and
- the rim at the brake caliper.
- Squeeze, which will momentarily
- bend the spokes, effectively
- shortening them and you will see
- the wheel rim move toward the side
- of the brake.
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