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..being a bicycle builder for 40+ years and I started doing
customers car wire wheels, but have found, in past ten years, that's
it's cheaper for them to just buy new wire wheels..<br>
The problem with auto wheels is that the rims are so massive that
using a spoke to true them will strip the spoke or nipple long
before the rim reacts. They are built on a jig that locates the hub
and rim and dish, then the spokes are tightened, so there is no
"truing" as in a bicycle wheel.<br>
DaveP<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 11/4/2015 11:13 AM, Doug Mathews
wrote:<br>
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<font face="Cambria">Just a question, but the crowd that does a
lot of work on wire wheels are bike shops. Granted there is a
HUGE difference in them, there are many similarities thought.
Anyone ever approached your bicycle shop about this? The next
time I am by my bike shop I will ask them the question, but I
probably will get the easy answer.<br>
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Here is a link to Hagerty (insurance) that list some places
around the country that do the work. Not sure how current the
info is.<br>
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href="https://www.hagerty.com/articles-videos/Articles/2007/03/01/Wire-Wheels">https://www.hagerty.com/articles-videos/Articles/2007/03/01/Wire-Wheels</a><br>
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Doug<br>
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