Originally Posted by
HillRider
+1 on Scott's suggestion. Unlace it and lay the rim on a flat surface. If it lays flat or can be made flat with out serious effort and there are no major dings or kinks, you can likely reuse it successfully.
...assuming the rim itself hasn't suffered from all-around general fatigue. On rare occasion that'll be why the rim will be left in an undertensioned state. Then again, there'd be tons of obvious sidewall wear to boot if brakes had been used in the past for 30,000-40,000 miles plus over many years plus....
=8-)
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