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Permalink Reply by Bill W. on March 29, 2015 at 10:05am

...might be better to ask what shops to stay away from. Depending on the state of the wheel, most do a good job.

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Permalink Reply by Christian on March 29, 2015 at 10:22am

Well... then care to list the worst? :)

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Permalink Reply by Bill W. on March 29, 2015 at 10:27am

I do my own work. Sometimes I suck and other times I'm awesome :)

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Permalink Reply by Yasmeen on March 29, 2015 at 12:58pm

Lots of great places around the city. I'll start by throwing a few out there (not a complete list so please add more)... 

Johnny Sprockets

BFF Bikes

Bikes N' Roses

Comrade

Turin

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Permalink Reply by Anne Alt on March 30, 2015 at 5:00am

Pony Shop (Evanston

Rapid Transit

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Permalink Reply by Julie M. on March 31, 2015 at 6:50am

Roscoe Village bikes did a great job of trueing my bike wheel after an accident.  

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Permalink Reply by Greg Valent on April 2, 2015 at 6:06am

Great work at my LBS, Get-a-Grip on Irving Park and Kostner.

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Permalink Reply by David Pulsipher on April 3, 2015 at 6:15am

Boulevard Bikes

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Permalink Reply by Tony Adams on April 4, 2015 at 2:49am

The shop in my basement has been doing a pretty great job lately. I encourage everyone to support their local bike shops, but learning how to true your own wheels can be very satisfying - and sometimes gets the job done more efficiently and for less cost. (Spoke wrenches and a truing stand will pay for themselves after you've saved yourself a couple of trips to the LBS.)

Once you are comfortable with truing you can consider building your own wheels, which can be a ton of fun and is extremely satisfying once you get it right. Also it looks super cool to have images like this of your shop you can use for bragging, uh, I mean instructional purposes:

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Permalink Reply by Duppie on April 4, 2015 at 4:41am

the way I look at it: I true my own wheel. If I can do it, then it is no rocket science, and thus any halfway decent bike shop should be able to so it for you. So asking who does the best job in Chicagoland is a little overly broad.

Where do you live? Once we know that, people can give you more specific recommendations.

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