Originally Posted by
cyccommute
Simply hitting a bump…even hard enough to throw the rider off the bike…isn’t going to throw the wheels out of true.
Actually, it most definitely can.
I managed to hit some debris once (fair-sized rock or piece of concrete in the road that I didn't notice in time to avoid safely) and do exactly that. I didn't crash, but the wheel (which was true prior to the incident) was was definitely not true afterwards.