A customer brought in a Bora Ultra wheel for repair.
The chain dropped and bent some spokes, causing the wheel to wobble.
Since it was a chain drop, naturally we're talking about the rear wheel.
I'm also doing an inspection on the front wheel while I'm at it.
This tire is the Grand Prix 5000 that sold out instantly at our shop—the official Tour de France limited color edition.
↑These two spokes at the final cross are bent.
The other spokes were fine.
When tension is applied, it's hard to see the damage clearly, so
Here's what it looks like with the tension released.
The hub bearing had some lateral play, which I fixed.
After replacing the spokes and truing the wheel using mostly just those two spoke nipples,
when I checked it with the center gauge, it was dead-on,
as you can see in the images above.
That means it had no center offset to begin with.
From there, I did some nitpicky micro-adjustments to the truing,
but the wheel center didn't change.
All fixed.
↑The replacement spokes
When I align the rim end to roughly parallel,
you can see this much deformation at the hub end.
Actually, both spokes are bent in the same direction,
but I've flipped one spoke so the spoke heads face away from each other to show it clearly.
The bending isn't just lateral or just front-to-back—
it's a complex, crumpled mess.
Now for the front wheel.
The hub bearing had no lateral play and almost no runout.
Just a slight center offset.
Nothing worth making a fuss over—
this level of offset is something you'd expect to pass the manufacturer's inspection.
But I can push it a bit further to tighten things up even more.
The chain dropped and bent some spokes, causing the wheel to wobble.
Since it was a chain drop, naturally we're talking about the rear wheel.
I'm also doing an inspection on the front wheel while I'm at it.
This tire is the Grand Prix 5000 that sold out instantly at our shop—the official Tour de France limited color edition.
↑These two spokes at the final cross are bent.
The other spokes were fine.
When tension is applied, it's hard to see the damage clearly, so
Here's what it looks like with the tension released.
The hub bearing had some lateral play, which I fixed.
After replacing the spokes and truing the wheel using mostly just those two spoke nipples,
when I checked it with the center gauge, it was dead-on,
as you can see in the images above.
That means it had no center offset to begin with.
From there, I did some nitpicky micro-adjustments to the truing,
but the wheel center didn't change.
All fixed.
↑The replacement spokes
When I align the rim end to roughly parallel,
you can see this much deformation at the hub end.
Actually, both spokes are bent in the same direction,
but I've flipped one spoke so the spoke heads face away from each other to show it clearly.
The bending isn't just lateral or just front-to-back—
it's a complex, crumpled mess.
Now for the front wheel.
The hub bearing had no lateral play and almost no runout.
Just a slight center offset.
Nothing worth making a fuss over—
this level of offset is something you'd expect to pass the manufacturer's inspection.
But I can push it a bit further to tighten things up even more.