Can a bent rim be saved?

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06-20-09 | 07:00 PM

78fujis10s

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Can a bent rim be saved?

Recently I had to ride a mountain bike on the road after getting a flat tire (don't ask why). Anyway, I now have a bent rim. Is there any way to make this thing right or do i need to just buy a new one?

06-20-09 | 07:01 PM

DannoXYZ

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Truing the wheel will most likely fix it. If the rim itself is bent, door-frames are your friends.

06-20-09 | 07:23 PM

bikinfool

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Bent how? Where? How much? Mountain bike wheel or road wheel?

06-21-09 | 12:04 AM

xenologer

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Bent rims tend to be near impossible to true. Spoke tension adjustments make gradual averaging curves of the rim, and a sharp bend tends to always stay right there on top of the adjustments.
I'd ditch it.