Buckled wheel
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you mean the potato chip? loosen all the spokes and get it as close as you can to straight with whatever you can dream up to line it back up without denting it and then try and true it back up.. If your really havin to crank on the spokes in one spot, you may have to take another whack at it.
I have brought some pretty bad ones back from the dead.. :roll:
I have brought some pretty bad ones back from the dead.. :roll:
Thanks mate I'll give it go on the weekend while I wait for some paint to dry 
So if I get this right tightening spokes will bring the rim closer to the axle and loosening it will allow it to 'spring' away from the axle. This will assist the out of round senario but what about if its bent laterally?? Giving it a "bash" with a dead blow hammer shouldn't do too much anwanted damage should it?
So if I get this right tightening spokes will bring the rim closer to the axle and loosening it will allow it to 'spring' away from the axle. This will assist the out of round senario but what about if its bent laterally?? Giving it a "bash" with a dead blow hammer shouldn't do too much anwanted damage should it?
a rubber mallet prolly has less chance of denting it, but I usually use a rock :lol:
I took one to a LBS once that was pretty taco'd. First the guy grabbed the wheel, tire and all, and slammed against the floor, which straightened it up pretty good. He then put it on the truing stand and finished it up. I just stood there amazed. $15 well spent.
