How to True a Bike Wheel

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Tip 1 - Trueing Wheels

Published: 9 years, 6 month(s) ago | Submitted by Adriana Corba | permalink

Truing bicycle wheels is one of the most useful mechanical skills a cyclist can learn.
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For further reading: http://sheldonbrown.com/tooltips/truing.html ^[1]

Tip 2 - How to True Wheels of a Bicycle

Published: 9 years, 6 month(s) ago | Submitted by Lasse Carlborg | permalink

Proper bicycle maintenance is critical for safe enjoyment of your bike, whether you commute on it daily or you just take it out a few times a year when the weather is nice. When people hear "bicycle maintenance," they most likely think of...
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For further reading: http://www.wikihow.com/True-Wheels-of-a-Bicycle ^[2]

Tip 3 - Bicycle Wheel Truing - on the bike, with a marker pen.

Published: 9 years, 6 month(s) ago | Submitted by marvynribeiro | permalink

This is a really easy technique of truing bicycle wheels, in the frame, using only a white board marker pen, a Chinagraph (black wax glass cutters / a...

For further reading: http://www.instructables.com/id/Bicycle-Wheel-Truing-on-the-bike-with-a-marker-/ ^[3]