Bent front wheel

Chucker_Dude

hi, i had a pretty big crash earlier today and this has bent my front wheel out of shape.

I was wondering how know if i have to buy a whole new wheel, or will my local bike shop be able to re-tru the wheel?

Thanks in advance.

nicklouse

take it to the shop and ask. they might or might not beable to fix it.

Chucker_Dude

Ok, thanks

hopefully it just needs re tru-ing

hope do they re tru a wheel anyway? Does it take long?

nicklouse

depends on what you have done.

Chucker_Dude

Oh and i have only had the bike two weeks, so if infact i do need a new wheel will it come under the warranty?

supersonic

No, you stacked it!

Andy

That depends on how the buckle has occured. Take it back to where you got it from and see.

Chucker_Dude

could i lie? :evil:

and instead of saying i was doing drops and jumps on it just say it happend another way?

skukza

Sorry mate you crashed it, its not designed to be crashed like that. if it was it would weigh a ton and half and be made of cast iron :P

fraid it won't be warrenty job.

However broken parts are an oppertunity to upgrade

Merlin do lovely handbuilt wheels for relitively little money :P

Andy

Even if you lie the shop will know your pringle shaped wheel isnt a result of riding on some newly relaid road. They can tell!

supersonic

You could lie... but there may be tell tale signs ie a dent in the rim etc or big flat spot. Wheels rarely spontaneously collapse... Be honest, it often pays. Tel them you hit a hard landing, smile, take in asome biscuits and they might just tweak it up for you if its salvageable.

Chucker_Dude

Damn theres my plan gone. Ah well. Hopefully it can be re trued. what is re truing anyway, is it bended the spokes back into place or the actual rim? how do they do it?

supersonic

For the low down, follow the links from Sheldon Brown below. Basically the tension in the spoke bends the rim back into line. The key is strong even tension for a good wheel. If the rim has warped this is no longer possible. Hopefully your crash just loosened a few spokes off.

Andy

http://www.parktool.com/repair/readhowto.asp?id=81

Chucker_Dude

ok. yeah, i understand. Hopefully i havent bent the rim and its just the spokes.

I may have to get this done at Halfords though :?

how much is it for a new wheel? specifically a dirt jump wheel if that exsists.

im quite new to the 'technical' side of biking, as you can probably tell

supersonic

Well, hopefully Halfords has someone that knows what they are doing...

If you do go for a new one, don't buy from Halfords - get one from Merlin. A Deore hub on Mavic EN321 will be plenty strong, and been handbuilt will last. Looking at 45 quid or so.

Chucker_Dude

This halfords is quite a good one, i'll try and speak to the manager over one of the kids though. So fingers crossed.

would i be fine looking for a new wheel in cyclopedia and cycles uk? As i am unable to buy online.

nicklouse

Chucker_Dude wrote:

could i lie? :evil:

and instead of saying i was doing drops and jumps on it just say it happend another way?

try that and you may find your self spending money one some new wheels.

supersonic wrote:

Be honest, it often pays. Tel them you hit a hard landing, smile, take in asome biscuits and they might just tweak it up for you if its salvageable.

and you might have if sorted just for the cookies.

but again with out seeing it there is no way we could comment if it is fixable or not.

supersonic

I don't know their standard of build, but if you have a word with the builder and tell him your needs, he should be able to knock you something up. It won't be cheap though.

Chucker_Dude

Any way i can check myself?

I have checked the spokes where the wheel seems to be bent and some of them are a little loose compared to spokes on the opposite side of the wheel, which appears to not be bent. (poor english i know)

EDIT: Ignore this post, the only way for me to know for sure is to get a 'proffesional' to check it over