Trueing the untrue-able

[jayrutch]

Hi guys,

I recently had quite a bad crash. Completely ruined the wheel. I was very annoyed as I Urgently needed the bike a few days later and couldn't find a replacement in time.

Had to true it. Took it to all my local bike shops only to be told it was done for and to buy a new one. To cut a long story short, with some patience, a hammer, a spanner and a lot of effort I managed to pull it back from a skewed mess into a respectable looking wheel (it's not perfect, but it will do. I wish I had taken some pictures to show the transformation.

Just wondering if anyone else has ever true'd a wheel that has been condemned by the so called "experts"?

also just saw this great deal for bike lights. should help me not crash next time!

 

[Midlife]

Bend the aluminium past the elastic limit and there are problems.....not sure I'd like to ride it for long

Shaun

 

[jayrutch]

It was worse than this but i didn't fix it quite so ...brutally

I have been riding it probably 6 months now.

Jay

 

[Jonny69]

I've trued some pretty wobbly steel rims. If you rebuild the wheel with new spokes you start by tightening down all the spokes by the same amount and it often pulls a bent rim back into round.

 

[poweredbypies]

If you aint had to stomp a wheel straight to get you back home, you aint been riding hard enough .