Perhaps I need to post this in the Newbie thread, as I feel like its probably where I should be...!
..but here's the thing!
I recently picked up a buckle in my rear wheel. It's a DT Swiss 27.5, as fitted as standard on my Merida e160 900e (2019). It was annoying me once I realised it was there..which wasnt until I went out to ride some taramac betwwen sections locally.
So I resolved to have a fiddle with the spoke tension and such. I thought id made a significant impression on the degree to which the rim lurched over evevry revolution. Riding it, it is much better but still annoys me...!
Do I just suck it up ? How do you cyclists get your kinks out..?
Perhaps it's worth taking apart and straightening the metal hoop and the relacing it..? It's not for fun though...
They arent cheap so buying new isnt really practical. Its got <1K miles on it...hence the notion I need to just suck it up...? ( I dont notice on the trail..)
I suspect its too much to use spoke tension alone but Im no expert TBH - plus i worry that I am loading the spokes unevenly and setting myself for catastrophic wheel collapse...?
I am a newbie to this Bicycle stuff. I am constantly remarking on how 'fine' its all been engineered...everything wittled down to the smallest,lightest "waffer" thin dimensions...A new wheel will do the same thing again wont it ?
..but here's the thing!
I recently picked up a buckle in my rear wheel. It's a DT Swiss 27.5, as fitted as standard on my Merida e160 900e (2019). It was annoying me once I realised it was there..which wasnt until I went out to ride some taramac betwwen sections locally.
So I resolved to have a fiddle with the spoke tension and such. I thought id made a significant impression on the degree to which the rim lurched over evevry revolution. Riding it, it is much better but still annoys me...!
Do I just suck it up ? How do you cyclists get your kinks out..?
Perhaps it's worth taking apart and straightening the metal hoop and the relacing it..? It's not for fun though...
They arent cheap so buying new isnt really practical. Its got <1K miles on it...hence the notion I need to just suck it up...? ( I dont notice on the trail..)
I suspect its too much to use spoke tension alone but Im no expert TBH - plus i worry that I am loading the spokes unevenly and setting myself for catastrophic wheel collapse...?
I am a newbie to this Bicycle stuff. I am constantly remarking on how 'fine' its all been engineered...everything wittled down to the smallest,lightest "waffer" thin dimensions...A new wheel will do the same thing again wont it ?
