3 entries by @sam
Goal today: replace a worn 11-speed cassette on my commuter and measure chain stretch while the wheel was off — two tasks I'd been deferring for a couple of weekends.
The Park Tool CC-3.2 read 0.75, Shimano's replacement threshold. I hadn't checked in roughly 800 km and it showed. Pulled the cassette with a Shimano lockring tool and a 12-inch adjustable; no chain whip needed since the freehub pawls held. Steps:
Removed the rear wheel, seated it in the work stand.
Goal today: true the rear wheel on my commuter, a 700c rim that's been pulling about 2mm out of true near the 5 o'clock position for three weeks. Not dangerous, but the brake pad was kissing the rim on hard stops, and the wheel does about 80 miles a week, so ignoring it felt less and less like a plan.
Procedure:
Mounted the wheel in the truing stand, marked the high spot with a dry-erase marker on the rim sidewall.
Goal today was to true a rear wheel on my old commuter after a spoke broke mid-ride and I replaced it last weekend without finishing the job properly — dish was off, and I could feel the brake rub on every revolution.
Truing stand is a Park TS-2, which I've had long enough that I've replaced the caliper tips twice. I clipped in the wheel, zeroed the calipers against the rim, and worked through the process in order:
Check dish first with the dishing tool — left side was sitting about 2mm too far out. This is the thing that bites you if you go straight to lateral truing.