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Well, I was out with a decent sized group in terain unfamilar to me when I cut a corner to sharp and ended up in the ditch on the side of the road with my new trek 2300 on top of me. Aside from feeling horrible about such a careless blunder, I bent my front bontrager rim. Can I straighten the wheel or if nothing else can I salvage the the rest of the wheel and only replace the 40$ or 50$ rim???
Please help me in cleaning up my bike and getting me out riding again.
ROFL i'm glad this post is not about what i thought it was when i saw the title😄 😄
fixing the bent rim will depend on the severity of the bend, little flat spots and bends can be fixed but any major pretzel work will need a new rim
now for the really bad news, you can probably reuse the rest of the wheel but rims from non standard / prebuilt wheels like the bontragers often cost a fortune, a normal rim may be $50-100 but expect to pay a lot more for a replacement, juat ask anyone who has paid mega bucks for Ksyrium spokes!
dude, how can u be so perverted???? obviously NONE of the other people thought the same as you did about that "going down"...
Quoted post said:Originally posted by Kaboom
dude, how can u be so perverted???? obviously NONE of the other people thought the same as you did about that "going down"...
I'm ex army cut me some slack :p
Quoted post said:Originally posted by Duckwah
I'm ex army cut me some slack :p
Funny, I thought the same - must be an Aussie thing!
Quoted post said:Originally posted by Roddo
Funny, I thought the same - must be an Aussie thing!
not necessarily, my Scottish brain had the same first thought😄
Quoted post said:Originally posted by eric_the_red
not necessarily, my Scottish brain had the same first thought😄
i'm half scottish too.....😄
Maybe it's an Army thing, as I had the same thought.
First you must remove any violin strings caught in th rim - the army dudes, scotts & aussies will know what I'm talking about.
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