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Tightening spokes on your bicycle -- is this something you need to do often?
- And there are of course 40 spoke wrench sizes to choose fromdrgs
- This is one thing I'm happy to pay a bike shop to do. It's seriously fucking hard to get it right without proper equipment.section_014
- And seriously easy to make it worse. Truing the wheel, that is. But, if you just have a loose one, definitely do it yourself. It's usually one of three sizes.section_014
- No, and what section_014 said. I tried it once. Never again.Nairn
- You don't need to tighten the spokes. Like section_014 said you need to true the wheel by either tightening or untightening the spokes.palimpsest
- A loose spoke is letting all the other spokes do the work, so yes, tighten them up. Flick the spokes with your finger to hear overly tight or loose ones.monNom
- a little wobble is easy to correct. loosen spokes on one side, tighten them on the other. small increments. Listen for the right pitch when pinging the spokes.monNom
- Truer words have never been spokenstoplying
- Don't tight spokes too much, you might end with an egg...oey_oey
- Super easy to nip it up for a quick fix, if you have multiple loose spokes, take it to a shop. Truing isn't that expensive. Bike will ride better after.slappy
- Yes. True them wheels.garbage
- So, basically look for deviating spokes and correct themdrgs
- Yup, but make sure to cross-tighten to have even tension. https://www.youtube.…garbage
- Bring it in and ask them to do it with normal maintenance like replacing brake pads. You could go years without needing it. Also, keep your tires inflated.CyBrainX
- ...It's less likely to get the wobblies if you're tires remain inflated. It's pretty easy for a shop to true your wheels. They might charge you $10.CyBrainX
- QBN... gasping for aircanoe