Originally Posted by
utoner34
How would you check dish?
Unless you're rebuilding the whole wheel, you shouldn't need to mess with the dishing. Use the brake pads as indicators to show which spokes you need to adjust. Get it so the rim passes between the pads without rubbing and call it good. You can fine-tune things when you get home.
Of course, if you have disc brakes you can't use the brake pads as indicators of rim trueness, but then again, rim trueness isn't as compelling an issue with disc brakes.