wheel truing

[redrhodie]

You squeezed the brake? You squeezed the wheel?

I sqeezed the brake. I think the brake is centered. It only made contact with one specific spot on rim. I don't see and buldges on the rim or anything like that, but it does wobble. I think the wobble is around 1 mm, maybe less. I'm just not sure if the that's within the range of okay. I think I'm taking it in. My issue is the lbs guys already think I'm picky, and if this is another really "Princess and the Pea" thing, that view will just be reinforced. Oh, well, I guess I can live with that assessment.

MP, I just put these wheels on my steel bike from my Dolce. They're the stock wheels that came on that bike. Alexrims da16.

Thanks!

[DebW]

I sqeezed the brake. I think the brake is centered. It only made contact with one specific spot on rim. I don't see and buldges on the rim or anything like that, but it does wobble. I think the wobble is around 1 mm, maybe less. I'm just not sure if the that's within the range of okay. I think I'm taking it in. My issue is the lbs guys already think I'm picky, and if this is another really "Princess and the Pea" thing, that view will just be reinforced. Oh, well, I guess I can live with that assessment.

If a 1 mm wobble is causing your brakes to rub, then the brakes are adjusted tighter than necessary. How far do you depress the brake lever to activate the brake? Often your hand will be more comfortable applying braking force to the lever at the 1/2 way point rather than at only 1/8 to 1/4 of the lever travel. But if the cables are new, the shop will adjust tighter than that because the cables tend to stretch/seat in the first month or so.

[redrhodie]

Thanks guys. I had it trued today. I guess it was more than 1mm. Took just a few minutes, and the guys at the lbs didn't even give me a hard time!

And yes, the brake cables are new, so maybe that was that issue. All is well now.