On Wednesday, April 24, 2013 10:29:21 AM UTC-7, Tim McNamara wrote:
>
> Check the spoke tension, trueness and roundness.  You can check relative 
> tension by plucking the spokes like a harp.  In a front wheel all the 
> spokes should ring out at the same pitch and should not be a dull thud- it 
> should be a fairly bright note.  Tension can be checked with a tensiometer, 
> as well, but *an experienced wheelbuilder could check without very quickly
> *.  Put the wheel in a truing stand or in the fork and sight along the 
> brake pads as a guide to trueness and roundness as you spin it slowly. 
>
Not being the complete mechanic, an experienced wheelbuilder is what worked 
for me.
 
Reid 

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