Originally Posted by
brooklyn_bike
.. i had to completely de-lace the rim. mark the high and low spots using a glass or metal table top as a straight edge. and carefully bend the rim using the edge of the bathtub as the solid edge to push down on.
worked!... aluminum doesn't take to bending well so its on my easy riding bike and i'm keeping an eye on it. that was five months ago and it seems to be doing okay.
I've done pretty much the same to several wheel/rims over the years.
Those whose continuing history I've been able to follow seems not to be doing any worse than rims that haven't been manually straightened, but then again it's not like they've ever faced loaded touring or serious racing after the rebuild.