Bike Wheel Trimming Tool?

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Permalink Reply by HoL Site Admin on July 16, 2013 at 17:54

Response via Twitter:

@harringayonline try MiCycle, they have a workshop you can use if you pay a £5 a year membership fee

— Daniel Turner (@radionausea) July 16, 2013

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Permalink Reply by Alison P on July 17, 2013 at 8:33

Hi Justin. Sorry, do you mean a spoke key? I have one if you do.

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Permalink Reply by Justin Guest on July 17, 2013 at 10:10

No Alison, they are like a pair of callipers, and as you tighten an individual spoke it slightly changes the shape of the wheel (from round to oval, and in and out of true from side to side). When you tighten a spoke you run the wheel round to see if it touches the callipers to see if you need to tighten it up any more... I looked for some images but could not find any, must be using the wrong search words...

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Permalink Reply by Dominic Hinshelwood on July 17, 2013 at 11:29

Hi Justin, you can do it in the bike. Take the tyre and tubes off and re-insert wheel, then use the brake blocks as your guide.

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Permalink Reply by Justin Guest on July 17, 2013 at 11:37

Yes, had not thought of that but I have a disk brake, though I might be able to rig something up though, not a bad idea...

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Permalink Reply by Chris D on July 19, 2013 at 7:46

Shame Harringay hasn't something like this

http://lbk.org.uk/

but the "improvised tools" at the bottom of next page worked for me

http://sheldonbrown.com/wheelbuild.html

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