Damaged Rear Wheel what to do?

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So yea after replacing the rear tire just 2 days ago due to a large gash in it I managed not only to do it again on my brand new fitted tire but also managed to bend the bloody rim in the process on a descent. Besides the rim being bend it is now also buckled

 

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The tire I can most likely save by getting a it patched up with a gator from a tire shop as I run tubeless. The rim is where my problem is. I've done a refit of the tire (no stan's added) after cleaning everything and besides the gash in the tire it would seem to not leak at the bend on the rim. So A) do I take in the rim to see if they can straighten it out and run it as is and hope it doesn't burp on me or B ) dig into my pocket and get a new rim and have it rebuild and scrap the rim?

 

The rim is a stock S-XC2 29er that came on the Anthem X3. If I were to go with a rim replacement what would you suggest. Looking for decent and strong but I don't want to go make a late night withdrawal either if you catch my drift

[ChUkKy]

You can panel beat that out yourself pretty easily. Get a broomstick and cut a 15cm piece off. Place the rim on a block of wood, put the flat end of your piece of broom on the inside of the rim where it's bent and bang it out with a hammer hitting the piece of broom.

 

I say broom stick as its easier to work with.

 

I've beat my old P-XC2 rims successfully with Eldrons assistance. Actually he did it, I passed the beer

[brad890]

or you can close a shifting spanner on the dent ad gently bend it back, did the exact same thing to my rim 2 weeks back, my tire pressure was way too low and hit a rock at speed

 

hope I'm not giving bad advice here (JB or other?)

[brad890]

oh and for the tire, just stick a nice thick patch on from the inside, hopefully the cut isn't too long that it pushes a bit of the patch through

[Johan Bornman]

or you can close a shifting spanner on the dent ad gently bend it back, did the exact same thing to my rim 2 weeks back, my tire pressure was way too low and hit a rock at speed

 

hope I'm not giving bad advice here (JB or other?)

 

Sorry Brad, but you should NEVER do it that way. A shifting spanner will only introduce a new dent at the fulcrum end of the shifting spanner in a sharp line. Use the method mentioned above.

Edited June 18, 2013 by Johan Bornman

[brad890]

Sorry Brad, but you should NEVER do it that way. A shifting spanner will only introduce a new dent at the fulcrum end of the shifting spanner in a sharp line. Use the method mentioned above.

 

thanks JB, now I know not to do it again

so ignore what I said -ck-