A customer brought in a Racing Speed XLR for service.

Both front and rear wheels had runout caused by bent spokes.
Let's start with the front wheel.
There was runout directly below the phase where it was clicking,
and at the time of the image above I'd already marked it, with marking tape applied as a reference.


Fixed.
This tape is the "new spoke marker" we put on at the shop.


↑Replaced spoke
With tension applied, the deformation was barely noticeable,
but once you mount it on the truing stand, it's easy to identify as the cause of the lateral runout.
If they'd found it just by palpation without using the stand, that would be pretty impressive,
but there's also the technique of using the brake as a gauge while it's mounted on the fork,
so that might've been the method instead.


Next, the rear wheel.
This one had a clearly pronounced wobble in a specific phase


A noticeably more bent spoke than on the front wheel was quickly found.


Fixed.
Now, regarding the rim surface near where we replaced the spoke,


It's gouged up pretty badly.
If we set the brake shoe just slightly lower,
the wheel can continue to be used.



↑Replaced spokes