I'm hoping to get some advice on where to go from here.
A few weeks ago I got my bike a full tuneup including having the wheels trued before going on a weeklong tour with my friend.
I had attached a rack to it and had about 15 lbs of stuff on it, and it fell over while we were stopped, and most of the impact was on the rear wheel.
After that the rim was rubbing against the brakepad on every revolution and I was losing energy to friction. Since we were in the middle of nowhere at the time and my friend had a spoke wrench, we decided to take a stab at truing it ourselves.
I'm sure you can guess how that worked out.
The wheel can no longer turn at all, its wedged tightly against the frame of the bike and is visibly bent out of shape. At least one of the spoke nipples became somewhat stripped in the process as well.
The wheel is a 27 1/4 road tire, and I didn't ride on it or anything after we messed it up. What I'm wondering is, is a tire that messed up even possible to true again? And if not where can I get a new rim? I had the freewheel on this one replaced right before this happened so I'd like to avoid paying for another one of those if it can be avoided too.
Thanks for any help..
Also, I'm in Toronto, Canada if anybody around there can recommend a place that will help me out.
A few weeks ago I got my bike a full tuneup including having the wheels trued before going on a weeklong tour with my friend.
I had attached a rack to it and had about 15 lbs of stuff on it, and it fell over while we were stopped, and most of the impact was on the rear wheel.
After that the rim was rubbing against the brakepad on every revolution and I was losing energy to friction. Since we were in the middle of nowhere at the time and my friend had a spoke wrench, we decided to take a stab at truing it ourselves.
I'm sure you can guess how that worked out.
The wheel can no longer turn at all, its wedged tightly against the frame of the bike and is visibly bent out of shape. At least one of the spoke nipples became somewhat stripped in the process as well.
The wheel is a 27 1/4 road tire, and I didn't ride on it or anything after we messed it up. What I'm wondering is, is a tire that messed up even possible to true again? And if not where can I get a new rim? I had the freewheel on this one replaced right before this happened so I'd like to avoid paying for another one of those if it can be avoided too.
Thanks for any help..
Also, I'm in Toronto, Canada if anybody around there can recommend a place that will help me out.