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    3. TopPressure6212 on

      Depends on the material of the bike and the manner of the accident. Carbon or aluminium are a lot more sensitive to damage than steel. A small dent might not matter depending on its location, and bends can be mended within reason. Not so much with carbon or aluminium. But generally look for cracks, and don’t be afraid to give it some adult force, like push and stomp on it where it’s safe to do so and feel for weird sounds or movement. If it fails from you pushing on it, you wouldn’t be happy for your kid to ride it.

    4. bmagsjet on

      The tire is fine. The wheel…jobst Brandt would have trouble making that safe again. Wowza

    5. IndyWheelLab on

      This sounds dumb, but smack it against a curb hard to straighten it out. It won’t be perfect but it won’t look like a taco either.

      This isn’t professional advice, but it’s cheap and sometimes effective.

    7. onjefferis on

      There is a way using a couple 2×4 planks but if you don’t know how to true wheels it’s going to always have some significant wobbles.

    8. karmapolice63 on

      New wheel. As far as the rest of the bike just look it over to make sure the frame isn’t cracked or busted but if the wheel took the brunt of the impact you may have a decently fine bike otherwise

    10. Greedy_Visual_1766 on

      You can probably find someone basically giving wheels away on Marketplace.

    12. Wolfy35 on

      If by salvageable you mean so I have a good reason to buy a new wheel yes it is.

    13. CanDockerz on

      I’ve seen worse trued up.

      Stand on it to squash the high parts back and then work by loosening spokes to pull it back.

      Might be easiest to remove all the spokes and start from scratch.

    14. BD59 on

      Whack it on the ground, might pop back straight.

      But it should be replaced, it will fail again.

    15. Joe_num6 on

      Seems ok, just be sure to replace the rim, the spokes, the hub and the tire to be on the safe side

    16. ifq29311 on

      is son ok? for a wheel to look like this it had to be quite nasty crash.

      oh, and happy new wheel day.

    23. Underagedadult on

      If you need to ride it home just smack it on a curb until it’s straight and then replace it

    26. LectureSpecific on

      Definitely salvageable. Take it straight to the metal salvage yard. I’ll see myself out.

    27. thecursh on

      Tire, tubes and tube strip should be good. Hub and spokes are probably still good too, but that’s more work than you probably want to do

    31. sjbid on

      “Correct” answer is that it’s trash but I’ve trued a bunch of these for folks who can’t afford a new one. Idk how long they stay decent but I could do it.

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