John the Monkey
Frivolous Cyclist
- Location
- Crewe
walker said:first you got to buy a vice, which, to be honest, is more expensive that a wheel truer itself
A purpose built jig makes building and truing quicker to do, but you can build a perfect wheel in the forks. As long as you have two reference points the whell will be as good as the builders ability to assemble it.tundragumski said:There are many ways to straighten a wheel and I've tried quite a few of them. You can true the wheel fairly well but if you really want it perfectly straight and round you'll really need to get a purpose built jig - Minoura offer a good one for about £60. If you've got plenty of time other options are a lot cheaper (even free) and can produce fairly good results.