Where can I get my wheel fixed?

GeorgeCCole
GeorgeCCole Posts: 13
edited July 2016 in Workshop
Good evening everyone!

My front wheel on the shiny new Cannondale CAAD8 105 5 2016 I just bought is slightly out of true and was thinking, where I could take it and get it true ? I have no idea how to do it and I don't have the tools for it either.

I know Evans do this kind of stuff but it's quite expensive isn't it ?

I live in London so if anyone knows a place I could go by and get the wheels true , would be awesome.

Cheers!

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  • imposter2.0
    imposter2.0 Posts: 12,028
    Might be useful to say whereabouts in London you live? Not much point someone suggesting a shop in Harrow if you live in Lewisham or something...
  • sheffsimon
    sheffsimon Posts: 1,282
    GeorgeCCole wrote:
    Good evening everyone!

    My front wheel on the shiny new Cannondale CAAD8 105 5 2016 I just bought is slightly out of true and was thinking, where I could take it and get it true ? I have no idea how to do it and I don't have the tools for it either.

    I know Evans do this kind of stuff but it's quite expensive isn't it ?

    I live in London so if anyone knows a place I could go by and get the wheels true , would be awesome.

    Cheers!

    The shop you bought it from, if you did buy it from a shop. If you did, I would expect them to give it a free checkover after a few weeks.
  • fenix
    fenix Posts: 5,437
    Or learn how to do it yourself if its only slightly out of true. All you need is a spoke key and google for a youtube video.
  • keef66
    keef66 Posts: 13,123
    Fenix wrote:
    Or learn how to do it yourself if its only slightly out of true. All you need is a spoke key and google for a youtube video.

    +1 to this. I've never had to pay anyone to true a wheel for me.

    Easier if you learn on a wheel with plenty of spokes (when I started riding all the wheels I came across had 36 spokes!) but still do-able on a lower spoke count wheel if you make small adjustments and check frequently.
  • GeorgeCCole
    GeorgeCCole Posts: 13
    Fenix wrote:
    Or learn how to do it yourself if its only slightly out of true. All you need is a spoke key and google for a youtube video.

    Do I need a stand for it ? Heard is quite hard to do it without one.

    My place is quite small so buying a lot of stuff isn't really ideal haha.
  • marcusjb
    marcusjb Posts: 2,412
    No, you do not need a stand to do it. Does make it easier, but far from a show stopper.

    However, if this is a new bike as you say, then the shop you bought it from should sort you out. Wheels do not generally go out of true unless there is something not right with the build or you give them a proper clout.
    Stuff about riding a bike a long way
  • fenix
    fenix Posts: 5,437
    Just turn the bike upside down, or put it in a workshop bike stand - just so you can see the front wheel spin.

    Don't turn it upside down on concrete - you'll scuff levers and saddle - so grass or the living room.

    Use the brake pads as guides to where the buckle is. You can fine tune it really well like this.

    I've never bothered with a truing stand.

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