Slightly buckled wheel, fixable?

ruswilks
ruswilks Posts: 72
edited July 2008 in MTB workshop & tech
Had an accident today, coming round a blind corner and went head on into another cyclist. Wasn't majorly fast, but on inspecting the bike after have noticed the front wheel is slightly out of true/buckled. Its not enough to cause it to rub on the V-brakes, but with the bike upside down, if you spin the wheel and watch the rim-to-brake pad distance you can see it is not a constant distance.

Is this likely to be fixable or am I going to need a new wheel/rim? (It's a Deore disc-ready hub with a Bontrager Camino rim)

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  • kegs
    kegs Posts: 204
    take it into your LBS and get it trued, should be fine.

    You'd be surprised by how much a wheel can be out of true and still be fixable. ;)
  • nicklouse
    nicklouse Posts: 50,673
    read the how to build wheels on sheldons webby and then take the wheel to a LBS and ask then to fix it.

    it should be fixable but only a wheel builder will be able to tell for sure.
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  • ruswilks
    ruswilks Posts: 72
    I was hoping that would be the case as it doesnt look that bad, can't say I massively noticed it on the way home or anything. Any ideas how much a wheel truing is likely to cost?

    And to give you an idea of its condition, I've put it online at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNcjTyk6Gp4. What do we think?
  • allthegearnoidea
    allthegearnoidea Posts: 4,077
    most lbs's would charge around a fiver from what i remember, especially when its only a slight buckle like that,

    not all that tricky to do your self if you have a spoke key,
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  • ruswilks
    ruswilks Posts: 72
    Thanks, I'll try and get a spoke key tomorrow in Halfords (as the LBS is a train or car journey away- I dont want to be riding the bike too far on a dodgy wheel!) and see how I go, if not I'll take it into Bath at the weekend and hopefully they will be able to sort it.
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,666
    if the wheel isn't even touching the V-brake pads when rotating, then it's highly unlikely of being a "dodgy" wheel.

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