day 1 of my trip in North Vietnam I’ve had someone on a scooter crash into me whilst I was stationary, luckily I’m okay but my front disc brake and rim are bent, it was rideable with some manual bending of the disc brake back into place, but the wheel is quite wobbly and the disc is clicking with each rotation – I’m going to try and take it to a bike shop which will likely only deal with motorbikes, but I was wondering if anyone has had this problem and was able to fix with minimal tools, I have only had a multi-tool and a larger alan key which I used to leverage the disc somewhat back into place
pics added for attention and a pic of the disc
by Terrible_Strike1504
2 Comments
You’ll need a spoke wrench for the wheel, but the disc can be bent back with care and pliers… Google “bike wheels disc pliers” for inspiration of what the right tool looks like.
I’ve always used a large adjustable wrench for straightening rotors. You just clamp both sides of the disc with the wrench and bend it, works pretty well.