A customer dropped off the rear wheel from a Racing Zero for repair.

The rear wheel had runout, but there was a noticeable wobble in one spot—
this wasn't just a simple truing issue. I suspected spoke deformation.


↑This spoke must be bent.


Replaced it.


↑The replaced spoke

It was barely bent in the fore-aft direction, and
the lateral deformation was being stretched out by spoke tension, so
it wasn't obvious to the eye at first glance,
but the lateral runout gave it away—I was able to spot it.