guys at the bike shop graciously wrote "DENT" on the dent so as to help in locating it, I guess. Anyway, there it is. Seeing lose up, it may be a little worse than I thought. I'm going to get ahold of the shop monday and see what they have to say about a new rim. Otherwise I do have my eye on a set of Race lite's that are in my price range. Thanks for all the advise, guys!