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Troubleshooting - bike wheel won't turn freely
My troubleshooting process while figuring out why a bicycle wheel won't turn easily.
Table of CONTENTS:
00:00 Introduction
00:53 Confirming the wheel is well seated
01:40 Checking the wheel trueness
02:17 Could it be the spokes?
03:11 Is it the tyre?
06:27 Cracked spokes?
07:11 Digression 1 - troubleshooting
09:59 Cracked rim, or hub?
12:16 Spoke tension and rim check
17:57 Truing the wheel
27:28 Digression 2 - wheel truing
29:29 Conclusion
30:40 Digression 3 - grain of salt
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