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- By turning a spoke nipple
- clockwise as seen from the top
- (pretend you can see through the
- tire and tube), you are shortening
- the spoke properly.
- Generally you work with a
- group of about four or five spokes
- at the site of the bend,
- shortening a few and lengthening
- some others. Turn the spoke
- nipples just a half turn or so
- each, and check the effect. You
- should loosen some and tighten
- others because if you were to
- tighten only, you would create a
- flat spot in an otherwise round
- wheel. If the wheel is quite bent,
- you may need to work with a larger
- group, to share the load of
- pulling the wheel true.
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- After the wheel is nearly
- true, tighten whatever spokes are
- too loose, then finish aligning
- the wheel.
- Wheels that require extensive
- work, or ones that may have an
- unreliable rim strip should have
- the tire and tube removed before
- adjusting spoke lengths to prevent
- puncturing the inner tube.
- If any spokes protrude beyond
- the tops of the spoke nipples, you
- will need to file off the excess
- length.
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- RE-BENDING A BENT WHEEL
- Wheels that are very bent
- cannot be repaired as easily. You
- cannot have the spokes pulling
- hard against a rim that is very
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