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  • Should I bend my rim ding back?
  • keppoch
    Full Member

    Hi all,

    I have this bend in my WTB KOM i25 rim. I didn’t know about it until I went to change tyres.

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    Should I just stick a new tyre on and carry on or try to bend it out? Perhaps by putting a piece of wood to either side and clamping it?

    Any suggestions welcomed!

    scotroutes
    Full Member

    I would just get an adjustable spanner on it and ease it back.

    chipster
    Full Member

    Yep, adjustable spanner will sort it.

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    nuke
    Full Member

    Doesn’t look too bad but I’d get the adjustable spanner out and bend it back whilst I had the chance. I also put a metal ruler on the outside of the rim to protect the rim and provide a guide to how much spannering is required

    tall_martin
    Full Member

    I would bend it out.

    I’m also going to follow nukes suggestion next time I do one of mine 🙂

    AlasdairMc
    Full Member

    I’d follow nuke’s suggestion but use a Knipex to push the rim towards the ruler (the clamp acts like a vice) instead of bending it using the adjustable.

    hamishthecat
    Full Member

    You need a RimJibber which is a copy of the no longer available Rim Rench.

    Can be got from a guy called Joel Sears in the US. Works a treat.

    fooman
    Full Member

    A tool I don’t own! I’m going to ask my wife to get me a RimJibber for my upcoming birthday, there’s no way she can misinterpret that!

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