Can my wobbly rim be straightened? (video included)

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.

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Bike is a Honda CL200 and the rims should be high quality steel.

Thanks!!
 
It's possible to fix, but i'd say its easier cheaper to get new rims.

Someone else may chime in and know a way to straighten them.
If it were just an out of true rim it wouldn't be difficult, just adjust the spoked until it's true.

It looks like you hit a few too many pot holes with no tire pressure.
 
Swap out the rim for one that is more true. Once a rim is kinked it is somewhat weaker at that point, safe to find a better one and re-spoke it. ;)
 
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