Wobbly Front Wheel

sebdaneb07
sebdaneb07 Posts: 10
edited January 2016 in MTB workshop & tech
My bike is always going wrong :( So I recently changed my front tire from a Continental Mountain King to a wider Maxxis Minion :) However, after putting it on I took the bike out for a ride and I noticed the front wheel/tire looked really wobbly and I'm pretty sure the bead is sat nicely round the rim. Is there a way to ensure the tire is inserted evenly around the rim? Could my wheel need truing? I could post a vid to show this problem if need be.

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  • cooldad
    cooldad Posts: 32,599
    First you need to work out if it's the rim out of true or the tyre not seated properly.

    If it's not obvious, take the tyre of and check the rim, it that's straight fit the tyre and see.
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  • swod1
    swod1 Posts: 1,639
    Has the new tyre got a folding bead rather than a wire one?

    Sometimes you need to put a little air in the tyre and then gently pull the tyre to position it and then put rest of the air in so that the tyre bead sits evenly all way around the rim.

    You'll see if the tyre isn't on correctly as there is a line around the inside of both sides of the tyre.
  • sebdaneb07
    sebdaneb07 Posts: 10
    I have spotted the problem, a small part of the bead wasn't fitted properly in the rim, hard to spot!

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