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I've bent my front, hit a pothole in Tajikistan about 3000miles ago. At low speed you feel it, but above 50mph it gets absorbed into normal XT vibration. I've about 4000 miles left, can I just beat it back to approximate shape or is it best to just leave it until I'm home?

It sometimes appears to be getting worse, bits its hard to judge!
I would leave it for now, for best result you must loosen spokes and try to get it back in shape. Its not easy to fix back to normal, but its possible with alot of work. What you can do is take wheel of and get it balance like it is, it will get much better.
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I agree ... leave it alone for now and ride it the best you can. A wheel specialist can most likely straighten your bent rim to near perfect. If you beat on it, you may get lucky and straighten it up a bit ... but you could also CRACK it ... which would not be good, or you could make it worse than it is now.

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Thank you. I had taken the decision to leave it (hence the 3000miles!) so it's nice to know that was the right one.


With all the spares on eBay I'll probably buy replacement rims and re-lace with updated spokes. My philosophy is now to always replace with better.
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Thank you. I had taken the decision to leave it (hence the 3000miles!) so it's nice to know that was the right one.


With all the spares on eBay I'll probably buy replacement rims and re-lace with updated spokes. My philosophy is now to always replace with better.
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The benefits of steel rims. You can t*at them straight again if you have to.

Possible on an Aluminium rim too but with far more caution. With Alloy rims, if it's only light bends or dings, it's best to leave them alone unless you have a tubeless wheel and are leaking air.

Obviously you inspect them whenever you get off the bike for make sure it isn't getting catastrophic.

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The benefits of steel rims. You can t*at them straight again if you have to.

Possible on an Aluminium rim too but with far more caution. With Alloy rims, if it's only light bends or dings, it's best to leave them alone unless you have a tubeless wheel and are leaking air.

Obviously you inspect them whenever you get off the bike for make sure it isn't getting catastrophic.

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You can get the alloy straight with heat, and if there is a crack or some part missing its possible to fill and grind.
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You can get the alloy straight with heat, and if there is a crack or some part missing its possible to fill and grind.
Anneal it.... ?

I rub soap on Alloy. When the soap turns brown it means it's annealed and at a better bending temperature. Then you can bend it.

Annealing usually does harden aluminium alloys though. As does hammering.
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