Thanks Jim. The suggestion to put it on the bike seems so obvious I don't know why I didn't think of it. I put both wheels on a bike then took a bunch of measurements between the rim, stays and forks. After that I had a better idea what the truing stand was indicating and was able to move the front over 2mm and the rear 1 mm. Now they look perfect on both the bike and stand.
Wait till I go to work tomorrow and tell everyone I invented the wheel! Wont they be jealous. Michael On Apr 13, 2:08 pm, Jim Thill - Hiawatha Cyclery <thill....@gmail.com> wrote: > Most truing stands are not dished correctly. Park actually makes a > tool to adjust their stands. I own this tool, but I choose to use a > dish stick instead. > > Absent a dish stick or other improvised dish tool, you can put the > wheel on the bike - the centerline of the rim should line up with the > brake hole (assuming your frame is straight). > > I don't advise following an earlier suggestion about biasing the dish > to the non-drive side to even up spoke tension. It seems to me that > the off-center wheel wouldn't track correctly, which may cause more > problems than differential spoke tension does. Or maybe not - I've > built a few hundred wheels and I learn something new all the time. > > Jim > Minneapolis, MN > > On Apr 12, 3:52 pm, MichaelH <mhech...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I'm sitting around recovering from foot surgery and building my first > > set of wheels. I've reached a point of perplexity, or perhaps just > > driving myself nuts for no good reason. Here's the situation > > Components - White Hub,(unequal flanges) 132mm, Open Pro Rim, butted > > Dt spokes > > Tools - Minoura truing stand, no dishing tool. > > > I've reached a point where the wheel is round, tension, as best I can > > tell, is good to maybe a tad hi with the drive side somewhat higher > > than the non drive, the wheel is true, but... > > if I put the wheel in the stand with the drive side on my right it is > > within .5 mm of center; if I flip it around it appears to be 1.5 mm > > out of center. > > > The only way I can think how this could happen would be if the wheel > > and stand were equally out of center, which sounds unlikely. What am > > I missing? > > > Michael, > > Westford, Vt where I've decided to put my skiis and snowshoes away, > > even though its snowing today! --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
