I came from a crashed yesterday and today I brought my bike to the mechanic. The mechanic did some adjustments on the hanger and we changed 1 spokes because it was bended pretty bad. When I got home I just noticed this wobble, will it affect my next ride? Thanks in advance for your response.
Ps: Do not mind the messy background of our garage LOL
by knowrris
5 Comments
Not exactly dangerous, but not too good either. If you can’t feel it when you are going 30kmh+ on smooth tarmac you are in the green zone. If you want you can search on YouTube how to true a wheel without a stand if you are confident you can do it (I did it on my MTB with a mild dent in the rim and was fine). I think you can go back to the bike shop and tell them that your rim is out of wack after they repaired it.
You’re fine.
It could be a sign that you’ll break more spokes, but it’s unlikely to be catastrophic.
Get a spoke adjustment tool and get tweaking. Should be able to straighten it out in no time.
Not dangerous, but easily fixed. You could fix it yourself if you have a spoke wrench, but if not, you already paid a mechanic to fix it so you should take it back and have them actually fix it (replacing a spoke absolutely includes bringing the wheel back into true) for free.
Everyone telling you that it’s easily fixed by truing.
1. But there’s no way to tell from the video whether it’s the wheel (metal parts) or the tire.
2. If it’s the wheel, then there’s a good chance it can’t be fixed. I’m assuming your mechanic is competent and would have fixed it if they could. But some rims are just fucked after a crash. Maybe it can be trued, maybe not.