There is no way anything as light as a reflector could affect the roundness of
a wheel at the speeds at which bicycles travel.
Reflectors do, however, make it difficult for a spoke wrench to reach the
spokes to which reflectors are attached, so it wouldn't be beyond the realms of
possiblity for a lazy bike mechanic to refrain from tightening those spokes during
maintenance, leaving the wheel out of round in those spots.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, August 01, 2002 11:13 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: [obc] Wheel balancing?
Hi,
I've been told that reflectors attached to spokes can indeed put your
wheel out of true. I guess if you true the wheels with reflectors on, it
would stand to reason that the removal would also put the wheel out of
true. Can anyone confirm this?
If you don't want to use reflectors, I have seen a few models of tires
that have reflective sidewalls - one of the neatest things I've seen all
summer! Probably more for touring bikes than road riding though. I've
seen Maxxim (?), Vittoria and Hutchinson models. Not sure if any of
these have MTB sizes, didn't ask!
Jen [obc member]
>
> Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2002 09:38:05 -0400
> From: "skiza" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Wheel balancing?
>
>
> For some time now, I have been biking using a road bike (Specialized Epic)
> both outdoors and indoors. When indoors, I clamp my bike to a mag-trainer
> and just pedal for 30-40 minutes ... it's quite a workout.
>
> When I bike on the mag-trainer there is a very mild numbing vibration. I
> thought initially that it was because I had removed the reflectors on the
> wheels ... so I put them back on locating them opposite the valve, but the
> vibration is still there.
>
> Can anyone suggest a possible solution? . Is there such thing as wheel
> balancing for bicycles?
>
> Thanks ... John
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Jennifer Allen
Cycling Safety and Promotion Program Coordinator
251 Bank Street Suite 504 (at Cooper)
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(613) 567-1288 (613) 567-1818 fax
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