Please note: not considering riding it, just have no idea how it happened nor how likely it would be that the tyre blows out.
by jmhbb3267
Please note: not considering riding it, just have no idea how it happened nor how likely it would be that the tyre blows out.
by jmhbb3267
14 Comments
Not majorly IMO. I’ve ridden on a little worse on the road bike and way worse on the MTB. Looks like an alloy wheel? Could just bend it back if you can’t afford a new wheel. I think the worst that is likely is getting a flat.
Personally, on my own bike, I would take the tire off and use a tire lever to try and gently bend it back a little more in line and call it good. My rear wheel has a dent about half that bad now and been there for years.
What’s the material?
I’ve had an aluminum rim with a dent like that on my mountain bike for years.
As a former mechanic, I would feel comfortable bending it back with the appropriate tools, and continue to ride it, while keeping an eye on it.
That said, I wouldn’t recommend that for a customer.
If it’s alloy, you can bend it back to shape.
If it’s aluminum, I’m definitely riding it until I get home. While I might attempt to bend it back to shape, I seem to remember that working aluminum fatigues it? So I would replace the wheel sooner rather than later. I’ve bent two rims on my road bike and both times, just rebuilt the wheels with the same hubs (well, I’m not patient enough for wheelbuilding, so the shop did it for me).
well, colour me surprised – i assumed it was a goner.
it’s definitely aluminium so i’ll have a go at bending it back to how it should look as well as getting a mechanic to look over it properly. thanks all!
Those gatorskins are 10/10 dangerous
Bend it back, get better tyres, you’ll be fine.
For an alloy rim, it’s not world ending. There’s no obvious discontinuities in the material that would suggest it’s cracked. Check the rim under the tyre for any cracks in the material, but it looks like it’ll be okay. Gently bend it back into shape if you can, and you’ll probably be okay.
with a parktool disk alignment tool you can bend it back
Strongly recommend bending it back very gingerly with parallel pliers with plastic-cushioned tips.
Work from the outside of the dent in, bending very gently in one direction only. Don’t bend backward if you go too far.
It will seldom be perfect again, but it should be safe so long as it continues to clinch.
8.5
A lot more on the front than on the back. I bent one back a bit successfully with a vice grip (wrap a rag around the rim first).