So yesterday I finally take my KH29 on a real muni trail--one that I
wouldn't normally consider using anything but my 24x3 on--and had a
blast. So much so that I decided to try riding down a really steep,
rocky section that I can (barely) clean on my 24. Well, halfway down I
saw the error of my ways and tried to bail--but bailing is a little
different on a 29 than a 24, and my attempt to let the uni run out in
front of me while I land behind it didn't play out quite right.
Instead, I found myself still centered on the seat and the wheel, now
without any feet on it to control it, still headed straight down
(toward some nasty rocks and a gnarled old tree). Well, I took nasty
tumble and ended up with good, old-fashioned abrasions on my forearm
and hip. In the process, I landed hard with my foot on the uni's wheel,
between the hub and the tire on the non-frame side, after the uni had
hit the dirt. So I put a whole lot of sideways stress on the wheel--I
weigh around 200 lbs, and had probably dropped 3-4 vertical feet before
impact. The wheel ended up being out of true afterwards, but not
horribly--it rubs on the brake, but was rideable.
So here's my question. Is the wheel now just out of true, the way that
wheels often end up out of true? My previous wheels (on uni and bike)
have generally gone out of true as a result of lots of little abuse
over time, never from a single identifiable impact. Can I just true
this back the way I would normally (I've done it before many times,
thanks to Sheldon Brown and a bike mechanic buddy)? Or have I begun a
taco for this rim? Like I said, it's not badly out of shape or
anything, but I wondered if I might've damaged the spoke nipples or
something by putting such a sudden impact on them.
Any info from those with similar experience is welcome!
--
pkittle
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Peter Kittle * Chico, CA
"The Revolution is just a t-shirt away."
--Billy Bragg
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