mannydantyla
Been Around the Block
Can it be striaghtened, and how?? Should I take it to a rim repair shop?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKgGLOV9Y8c
When I bought the bike (like 1.3k miles ago) the front rim was perfect and the rear rim had one small kink in it, now it has two. The front rim as like 3 kinks, hard to tell anymore. So I'm a little shocked at how quickly this happened, and that's why I wonder if I need new rims. I admit I haven't been super great about keeping the tubes aired up all the way, and I've hit my fair share of pot holes. That's probably where I went wrong...
Oh, and I tightened all the spokes when I first bought the bike. Didn't use a spoke torque wrench or anything fancy, just pinged the spokes with a wrench to see if they sounded good.
Bike is a Honda CL200 and the rims should be high quality steel.
Thanks!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKgGLOV9Y8c
When I bought the bike (like 1.3k miles ago) the front rim was perfect and the rear rim had one small kink in it, now it has two. The front rim as like 3 kinks, hard to tell anymore. So I'm a little shocked at how quickly this happened, and that's why I wonder if I need new rims. I admit I haven't been super great about keeping the tubes aired up all the way, and I've hit my fair share of pot holes. That's probably where I went wrong...
Oh, and I tightened all the spokes when I first bought the bike. Didn't use a spoke torque wrench or anything fancy, just pinged the spokes with a wrench to see if they sounded good.
Bike is a Honda CL200 and the rims should be high quality steel.
Thanks!!