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From: g.daniels ([email hidden])
Subject: rim repair tool!
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Newsgroups: rec.bicycles.tech
Date: 2004-11-22 07:17:09 PST
went over to the next burrough for a flu shot before mass hysteria set
in: the superduper where the shot fest was held sent out a karate man
who subtley bent muh CR-18 double wall 27" rim.
not fixable, nor is the plight of the superduper vs. woolmort where i
thus transfered all accounts.
no rim bending machines on this coast sez local expert.
well, i tugged, pushed, tried deep reach clamping, put it under the
schoolbus front bumper and levered against the grill-uneven bars?-that
has promise as a adjustable device.
nuttin!
as the last resort, i jumped on it.
between two rectangles of junked countertop chip board covered with
formica
then back to the bus for a tweak.
now yawl know what usually happens here, splat!!
but no! the rim slowly came back into shape. jumpjumpjumpjump. i weigh
165.
the double wall did not collapse:amazing!
i have not tried this on other rim construction or materials-i assume
ceramics...
i now have two squares of 1 1/4" chip/formica.protect the formica,
float the chip on tubas.
trued the rim yesterday and itsagonnarunagin!yahhhoooo!
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From: John Everett ([email hidden])
Subject: Re: rim repair tool!
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Date: 2004-11-22 10:28:39 PST
On 22 Nov 2004 07:17:08 -0800, [email hidden] (g.daniels, whose
keyboard apparently has a balky 'shift' key) said:went over to the next burrough for a flu shot before mass hysteria
set
Quoted message said:in: the superduper where the shot fest was held sent out a karate man
who subtley bent muh CR-18 double wall 27" rim.
not fixable, nor is the plight of the superduper vs. woolmort where i
thus transfered all accounts.
no rim bending machines on this coast sez local expert.
well, i tugged, pushed, tried deep reach clamping, put it under the
schoolbus front bumper and levered against the grill-uneven
bars?-that
Quoted message said:has promise as a adjustable device.
nuttin!
as the last resort, i jumped on it.
between two rectangles of junked countertop chip board covered with
formica
then back to the bus for a tweak.
now yawl know what usually happens here, splat!!
but no! the rim slowly came back into shape. jumpjumpjumpjump. i
weigh
Quoted message said:165.
the double wall did not collapse:amazing!
i have not tried this on other rim construction or materials-i assume
ceramics...
i now have two squares of 1 1/4" chip/formica.protect the formica,
float the chip on tubas.
trued the rim yesterday and itsagonnarunagin!yahhhoooo!
Yes, this sometimes works. My touring bike was recently in a vehicle
accident (not while being ridden). The rear wheel was bent. I asked my
LBS to order a replacement rim (Alex DA16), but they found that these
rims aren't available in the US. Rather than have a bike with a mix of
rims I decided to see what could be done with the bent one. Upon
removing the rim I found (no surprise) that it was bent in the shape
of a potato chip. I laid it down on the floor with one of the wobbles
resting on the tubular leg of my work stand, and by judiciously
jumping up and down on the high spots I managed to get it pretty close
to flat again, using my coffee table as a reference surface. New
nipples and a rim strip set me back about $6.00, and I've now put over
100 miles on the rebuilt wheel.
:-)
jeverett3<AT>earthlink<DOT>net http://home.earthlink.net/~jeverett3
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an advanced form for the PARTICLE board/formica (harrass yawl cabinet
shop or remodeler-sixpackpeople): threaded rod mit fender washers or
cross braces rod to rod of if possible hardwood tuba4(see the local
skid works)to max pressure clamp the rim meat
then jump on that sucker! hell, get brownie to jump on it!