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I have a slight wobble in my front wheel, it started after I left the bike locked through the front wheel, I assume what happened is that it was leaning away from what it was tied to and the lock was pulling on the wheel with the weight of the bike all day.
However it came to be.... I have watched several videos on the internet and read several pages and I am considering correcting the problem myself. I am unsure weather this is a good idea though, many videos make it look very straightforward, just look what direction the wobble is going in, loosen the offending spokes on that side a tiny bit and tighten the ones on the other side a tiny bit, working in tiny increments until the problem is solved.
However, other pages I have read are very very much telling me not to attempt anything like this as the wheel will explode and I will die then the world will end. I would be using a spoke wrench and an improvised truing stand made from a bicycles forks.
Could you guys offer any thoughts or dos and don't advice.