Front wheel repair?

[generalyuehfei]

Transporting my MTB on the weekend on the bike rack attached to a tow bar, I managed come down a little hard when going over one of those mammoth speed humps in Sydney. I saw the bike swing backwards.

Checked it out at home and spinning the front wheel there is a definite sideways kink to what I estimate a couple mm's. I haven't taken it out to check for how much vibration yet although was wondering whether these can be repaired?

The wheel is a Weinmann Disc Taurus 2000 Double Wall Black (judging by the spec sheet).

Regards, Nick

[sogood]

Depends. If the rim was platically deformed by the impact, then no amount of truing by spokes would fix that. You may be lucky but you'll need a wheel builder to assess that. Don't forget to check both the lateral and radial trueness.

[Mr888]

I've been able to repair a few wheels with a panel beater's hammer. It will depend on the severity of the kink, but in most cases repairing a bad kink will result in a flat spot on the rim.

Luckily for you, this will not be a problem since you're using disk brakes.

[generalyuehfei]

Thanks for the replies. I have good news

The bike shop will repair the wheel as part of their free servicing agreement for purchasing the bike. I reckon it will be repairable as it is only a few mm's and as Mr888 said, yep disc brakes hence should be ok.

Regards, Nick