Wheel out of true

[J4CKO]

My rear wheel has always been a bit out of true, couple of mm but tonight it seemed quite bad, had a look at home and it was way out and one spoke was pretty loose, nipped it up a bit but its still the same, it didnt have any knocks but just seems to have gone out of plonk ?

So, wondering how much it should cost to get trued up, its a Cannondale Bady Boy 700 with disks so how much is a new wheel compared to it getting trued as wouldnt mind keeping one spare ready to go, or alternatively I have heard of having the wheel rebuilt, is it worth it on a wheel like the Cannondale comes with or is that for really expensive ones.

Any suggestions for a preferably indestructable rear wheel that doesnt cost hundreds of pounds ?

 

[fossyant]

£10-£20 to true. Rebuild say about £40 including spokes. Rick Greens in Handforth (Paul Green builds the wheels though and runs the shop)

Good new wheel - about £100

 

[goo_mason]

Anything from a fiver up to £15 to true depending on the lbs and you may need some additional spokes. As for the second question - anything made by Mavic.

Well, my Mavic Aksiums lasted just over a year before the rear developed loose spokes, which then lead to a dished wheel, and showed up the fact that the spokes had fused to the nipples and couldn't be adusted. Put into the shop to have it rebuilt, but got it back as unrepairable as the rim was cracked around many of the spoke holes.

Not the best £150 I'd ever spent; I'd expected much longer use out of them.

 

[goo_mason]

Fair enough, it is only my opinion. I've never had any problems with Mavic wheels.

Sorry Lee, I didn't mean that to some across the way it did! Fully appreciate that we all have different experiences with products, and I should have added that the dodgy Askium was just my particular experience. Know plenty of folks at work who use them and have had no problems.

Hoping for a voucher for an all-day wheel-building course from Santa this Christmas, so hopefully I'll be able to build myself a strong, reliable set to tough out the worst of the winter commutes.

 

[fossyant]

Wheel building course is a good one - TBH, given I can do everything else, I'll leave good wheel building to my LBS's....I can true wheels rather well, but a good LBS built wheel is something else.....

The course will be very good for truing wheels..... a quick way to pick it up properly.....

 

[swee'pea99]

I'd check out bicycletutor and youtube for videos...it's really not difficult to true a wheel (so long as it's not too bad) and it doesn't take long. Quite satisfying, and a worthwhile skill to have.