Bent rim problem

[bairdco]

See? Sometimes the barbaric approach is the way to go.

 

[SKPC]

Yea, glad it worked with the wham-o-bam-o technique. Reversing the original force will sometimes (if just bent, not crushed) just snap a bent rim back into place. Metal has somewhat of a "memory" to it that allows you to do this. I remember once being buried deep in the backcountry riding with some buddies. One of them badly taco'd his front wheel. We took it off, wham-o-bam-o'd it in the opposite direction, and the spoke tensions helped bring it back to true. Vertical dents, on the other hand, are a different animal...