Pretzeled my rr MTB wheel

neil0502 [/i]
[B]Took a nasty fall on (well, off) the MTB a few weeks ago. Rear rim is pretty twisted. My truing stand threatened to leave me if I even....

The bike's a relic, but . . . in the day . . . we dotted I's and crossed T's together:

Diamondback Response Comp
Marzocchi XC-300 front fork
7sp XT
Brand new 🙁 Rapid-Fire 7sp shifters F/R (Thanks, Sheldon!)

The bike is (er, was) mechanically solid. I want to keep it. Saving the pennies for the new road bike, not mtb.

It seems like my options are:

1) Buy a new 7sp rr wheel and cassette (old one's worn anyway), bury myself in the past, and just keep on talking about "how great it was when FDR ran things..." Doesn't seem too difficult to find 7sp built-up wheels. Sheldon's got 'em. $120/pr....;

2) Buy a new 8/9sp rr wheel and cassette, leave everything else on the bike alone, and ignore the 11/12t cog when I'm out there dirt-testing my pedals;

3) Upgrade the whole thing to 8/9sp via new wheel said:

like the way I routed the 7sp's shifter and brake cables when I
installed them anyway....)
I ride about 80% road (different bike). I'm looking to put the mtb back
in service, but wouldn't want to spend more than about $250 tops . . .
unless another hundred really got me something.
Any recommendations on this, or other, courses of action??
TIA,
Neil

On Fri, 28 May 2004 14:45:05 GMT, neil0502

may have said:

Any recommendations on this, or other, courses of action??

Pick up a used wheel with a decent rim and the same spoke count, and
lace your (presumed better) hub to it, or use it as-is.

Pick up a new rim only, and lace your existing hub to it.

Lacing a wheel is not rocket surgery.

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