How to True (Straighten) a Bicycle Wheel

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Author: cjhoyle

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This video will show you how to fix a bike wheel which is no longer straight. This is quite an easy task which only requires one basic tool. If you enjoyed and found this video useful, please subscribe and check out my many other bicycle maintenance tutorial videos. I am a volunteer bike mechanic and I really enjoy teaching others and sharing my knowledge and experience. If you have any questions please leave them in the comments section below. I make a point of responding to comments as fast as possible. Thanks for watching!

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What if my 1 spoke broke ? Then how can i fix it ? Reply Please

very well explained, thanks.

7:33 " Um. that's clockwise.

The only video which helped!! Keep up the good work, I just trued my first wheel, cheers

what if it's not the spokes; what if it's the skewers is causing this problem?

great video

Great video!!! Thanks a lot for the explanation

fantastic good explained video. thanks alot! I finally managed to understand it and I only just got out of bed

forever useful tutorial. thanks.

Good simple instructions..

thanks! very helpful!

Dude omg you just saved me from buying a new rim

lol i have a bmx bike with no brake, fro the factory :/

I watched this video approx. 1 year ago. It was incredibly useful and effectively taught me the first steps in how to true wheels. Since then I must have true'ed about 50 wheels successfully. Thanks. much appreciated.

Now I just need some day light and some time to figure out if my rear wheel isn't true or if the rim is bent somehow. Probably just not true. Doubt any sort of impact could affect the lateral rotation of a small section. Now you need to make a video on alignment from front to back/chain tension. Nothing is worse than pushing your bike forward and instead of hearing the classic tick tick tick tick, your pedals just keep going with the tire.

It's not only a braking problem, having unbalanced wheels is also dangerous at high speeds, specially when cornering, and feels really weird in general. Also, the wheel ends up failing a lot sooner.

nice video....but man...you just go on and on about details that are irrelevant...:(

This video has saved me the cost of going to have my bike fixed by professionals. Recently got hit on it and she drove up over the back; thankfully, only the wheel bent and the frame is still solid (I now stand by Mongoose bikes.) My mechanic friend quickly noticed the wheel was bent and rubbing on the brakes. This should hopefully fix it.

Thanks,CJ. Very good information.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS!!