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Maybe not a full taco, but a nice sized flat spot none-the-less..... gotta love it when another car sends a bigger than softball sized piece of concrete at you, and you fail to avoid the moving target.....
Being as it's a steel rim (thankfully not alloy, a chunk woulda been gone), I'll try and bang it out and true it up. That will take me til a replacement is found. The chrome isn't cracked, and as long as it stays that way, it should be fine.
Did the same thing almost a year ago. Between new 21" wheel and 2 new painted wrap fenders I am already into the foray for over 2K. May you choose more wisely than I have....
Got a line already on a stock alloy with a nearly new tire on it (needed a new tire anyway), $150..... Not a true fan of alloys, but its better than a screwed up wheel
Gotta be a shop nearby that can make that thing good as new.
Should be. Ill check into it when I get something on the front that I can ride on. The bike is my primary transportation, and I cant afford for it to be down for any real length of time. Worst case, a new rim is 50 bucks plus spokes and getting it laced. Having a spare wheel isnt a bad thing here in the land of **** roads and constant road construction.
Yea, I can imagine what that wheel would look like if it were an alloy.
Does the tube still hold air?
yes the tube is still holding air. I rode it home after the event (albeit slowly and VERY carefully)
on another note, the outer rim is FUBAR. bent in at least 2 different directions (in from circumference, and out in width) New rims are cheap, and Ill have it laced to the existing hub. Just need to find a COMPETENT shop to get it done at. I know the THEORY, but execution is a bit different. unfortunately lacing hubs seems a dying art. For the time being, I put a used good condition wagon wheel on it with a brand new tire (that I needed anyways). $150 bucks later, and im back rideable
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Taco'd wheel time
