Straightening bent rims

[fahrvegnugen at cox.net (David Utley)]

> 
> From: "Allyn" <amalventano@sc.rr.com>
> Date: 2004/07/15 Thu AM 11:55:24 EDT
> To: "Jonathan Shisler" <jshislervw@yahoo.com>,  "Marc Getty" <marc@getty.net>, 
>         <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
> Subject: Re: Straightening bent rims
> 
> why is everyone set on going to a wheel repair place?
> all you really need is a dead blow hammer and some method of spinning the 
> wheel to check for trueness. i use a portion of a rear axle beam with rear 
> rotor installed. the rotor gives me some leverage if a wheel is VERY bent 
> and i need to slip a jack between the rotor edge and wheel lip.
> Al

As much fun as I used to have trying to true my road bike wheels, I think I will leave that to someone with more expertise....

My .02

Cheers,
 David

PS--  Allyn,  are you done with that CIS-E book yet?  No hurry, just want to make sure it is not lost in a shuffle...


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