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Title: Bicycling
Notice:Bicycling for Fun
Moderator:JAMIN::WASSER
Created:Mon Apr 14 1986
Last Modified:Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:3214
Total number of notes:31946

1521.0. "Tool/Shop rental ??" by EUCLID::MICHAEL () Tue May 01 1990 10:29

    Does anyone know of a bicycle place which has a "people workshop". I
    need to reset the dish of a rear wheel, and don't have a good truing
    stand or dish guage. Is there anyplace that'll rent that stuff while
    you use it at their shop?
    
    Thanks,
    
    Dave
    
    (ps. mr moderator - I looked under "tools","shop", and "rent", but
    didn't find an appropriate topic.)
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1521.1add an 'sEUCLID::MICHAELTue May 01 1990 10:304
    uh, make that "people's workshop". I don't plan to take up
    android-making anytime soon.
    
    Dave
1521.2Flip the wheel (I found out from this file!)JUMBLY::MACFADYENPlasteredTue May 01 1990 10:389
    Dishing (centering) a rear wheel is easy to do in the frame of the
    bike. Just take it out, turn it round (so the quick-release skewer
    is pointing in the other direction) and see whether the rim has moved
    to one side or not. The rim of a correctly dished wheel won't have
    changed position. If it has moved, then tighten or slacken all the
    spokes on one side to move the rim towards the centre.
    
    
    Rod
1521.3B.B.S.TALLIS::JBELLZeno was almost hereTue May 01 1990 11:3118
    The Broadway Bicycle School has tools for people to use.
    It's at 224 Broadway in Cambridge Mass.  They tend to cater to the
    bicycle commuter.

    I've never had to use their tools; I tend to buy the tools anyways.

    As I recall, there are three different prices:  The most expensive
    is if you ask lots of questions, middle if you only ask a couple,
    and cheapest if you just use the tools.


    I don't use a dishing tool for my wheels.  I do it by eye with a
    caliper.  First I true the wheel.  Then I sight across the rim and
    measure the distance from the line of sight to the locknut.
    Compare the results from each side, and it indicates which way to
    move the rim.

    -Jeff Bell
1521.4good suggestions....EUCLID::MICHAELTue May 01 1990 19:398
    RE: the last two....
    
    Thanks for both of the suggestions.  I'll decide if truing in the frame
    is more/less hassle than bringing the wheel into cambridge.
    
    Thanks again,
    
    Dave
1521.5?JUMBLY::MACFADYENPlasteredWed May 02 1990 14:594
    Didn't there use to be a .5 ...? (Before this one I mean.)
    
    
    Rod
1521.6There was, I moved it......EUCLID::MICHAELWed May 02 1990 18:2115
    Yea, there was. It was my explanation of how things turned out. Except
    I wrote it incorrectly, and didn't have time to fix it.
    
    Breifly: I re-dished the wheel last night in the frame and it went very
    well; The wheel needed almost no truing afterwards. 
    
    Fwiw, to move the rim over 1/8", I tightened all the spokes on 
    the side I wanted the rim to go 1 1/8 turns, and loosened the ones on 
    the other side 1 turn. The wheel is a 700c, large flange, clincher, rear 
    wheel. 
    
    Thanks again for your help and suggestions,
    
    
    Dave