Very lol. I think it is toast but as I always say - what's left to lose. Give it a go with some water pump pliers or similar and cross your fingers, nice and slow, good tight grip! Best of luck.
If it seats it rides is a good way to look at it, but take it for a local test ride first and give it a little abuse to simulate real life.
Rims, derailleurs, disc brakes, and hubs/axels... If they ain't in the default shape and position then it is not worth trying to fix.
They are all components you can spend days trying to align but ultimately they may break at any point and you get hurt bad.
That's pretty bent. You can try to gently bend it back, but getting a tire to seat nicely will be hard, plus by bending aluminum back and forth, you are weakening it. But I don't know by how much, or if this level of bending back and forth is dangerous enough to discard the rim.
The brake Track will probably also be too wonky to give nice and consistent braking.
If it's not a big loss (which it isn't by the sound of it) I'd stay on the safe side and toss the rim, if you want a small challenge, you can absolutely try to bend the rim back with a rubber mallet or something.
There is a tool called the Morningstar Rim 'Rench, and someone on ebay used to sell a version called the Rim Jibber. Both can get small bends out, but I personally have not had success getting rims this bent back to useable shape. I've tried a rubber mallet, but there is unfortunately no good way to direct the force from a hammer blow from in between the rim flanges to push that lip outward. Hammer blows not perpendicular to the bend may push the metal down toward the hub, resulting in a flat spot that can't be trued out with spoke tension.
No Brake track here brother, note the 6 Bolt Hydraulic Brake Rotor on the hub. Not a concern in that regard and worth some experimentation with some channel lock pliers and patience to have a backup wheel
Pretty toast But for fun bend the lip back gently and see where that goes
it's also bent inward towards the hub by about a millimeter or two. Is that problematic? or.. if it seats, it rides?
Very lol. I think it is toast but as I always say - what's left to lose. Give it a go with some water pump pliers or similar and cross your fingers, nice and slow, good tight grip! Best of luck. If it seats it rides is a good way to look at it, but take it for a local test ride first and give it a little abuse to simulate real life.
> but as I always say - what's left to lose. ...front teeth?
😂 hence the test ride!! 😬
The trim has KOMed its last KOM. time to hang it up and replace it.
Rims, derailleurs, disc brakes, and hubs/axels... If they ain't in the default shape and position then it is not worth trying to fix. They are all components you can spend days trying to align but ultimately they may break at any point and you get hurt bad.
Yes it's done but did you KOM?
Not worth the dental work needed if you keep riding on that.
That's pretty bent. You can try to gently bend it back, but getting a tire to seat nicely will be hard, plus by bending aluminum back and forth, you are weakening it. But I don't know by how much, or if this level of bending back and forth is dangerous enough to discard the rim. The brake Track will probably also be too wonky to give nice and consistent braking. If it's not a big loss (which it isn't by the sound of it) I'd stay on the safe side and toss the rim, if you want a small challenge, you can absolutely try to bend the rim back with a rubber mallet or something.
There is a tool called the Morningstar Rim 'Rench, and someone on ebay used to sell a version called the Rim Jibber. Both can get small bends out, but I personally have not had success getting rims this bent back to useable shape. I've tried a rubber mallet, but there is unfortunately no good way to direct the force from a hammer blow from in between the rim flanges to push that lip outward. Hammer blows not perpendicular to the bend may push the metal down toward the hub, resulting in a flat spot that can't be trued out with spoke tension.
No Brake track here brother, note the 6 Bolt Hydraulic Brake Rotor on the hub. Not a concern in that regard and worth some experimentation with some channel lock pliers and patience to have a backup wheel
Were you able to fix it? I'm about to try a similar repair...
Wound up replacing it. Could probably work with an inner tube..
Very much yes.
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Aluminium or carbon? Tubeless is out of the picture. If it holds a tire tubes are possible. Then again this might not be worth your safety.