I received the rear wheel of a Nomu Lab Wheel No. 5 (custom wheelset) from a customer.
There's reflective tape on the rim side,
so I tried taking a flash photo.
Wham!
...Anyway, there's quite a bit of lateral wobble in one spot.
The customer knows exactly what caused it—
they forgot to remove the cable lock from the rear wheel and started riding,
which bent one of the spokes.
↑This one
Since the wheel is laced, I replaced two spokes, trued the wheel,
and re-laced it.
For adjustment, I only touched the nipples on the replaced spokes
at just two points. Since I could replace the spokes without
dropping the nipples into the rim, I didn't need to remove the tire.
If you can trust the initial state of the wheel,
depending on how much it's been used
(since it has a 660 hub, it's not from that long ago),
a simple centergage is sufficient.
↑The replaced spokes
There's reflective tape on the rim side,
so I tried taking a flash photo.
Wham!
...Anyway, there's quite a bit of lateral wobble in one spot.
The customer knows exactly what caused it—
they forgot to remove the cable lock from the rear wheel and started riding,
which bent one of the spokes.
↑This one
Since the wheel is laced, I replaced two spokes, trued the wheel,
and re-laced it.
For adjustment, I only touched the nipples on the replaced spokes
at just two points. Since I could replace the spokes without
dropping the nipples into the rim, I didn't need to remove the tire.
If you can trust the initial state of the wheel,
depending on how much it's been used
(since it has a 660 hub, it's not from that long ago),
a simple centergage is sufficient.
↑The replaced spokes