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Old May 22, 2008 | 05:19 PM
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What does the term trued for a spoke wheel mean? What do they do tothe wheel?
 
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trued means the wheel has been check to make sure it run true (straight), they check the run out on the wheel to make sure it has no wobble from being warped due to poor spoke maintenance
 
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BTW sorry for the very poor grammar, been out in the sun all day and my brain is cooked.
 
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No problem. Thx.
 
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