Originally Posted by MKRG
Probably not the best thing to do, but I banged, or rather used a pair of pliers to fix a rim once. I still use the wheel but consider it significantly weakened. I don't use it for any high speed stuff anymore. It is a freewheel and the only reason i straightened it was because it messed with the brakes. If yours doesn't use a brake I would probably just let it be. Bending it again will only further weaken it. I'm not a mechanic, just letting you know my thoughts on it.
Edit: I'm guessing the bike shop would say the rim is garbage now.
thats pretty much something we would actually DO at my bike shop, based on the customer's request at least. Although we work on a lot of ghetto bikes, I don't think we've done it to a halfway decent rim like a Deep V.
But yeah man, you pretty much hit the nail on the head with that one.