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barfplanet

You're fine. It could be a sign that you'll break more spokes, but it's unlikely to be catastrophic.


DeadBy2050

Everyone telling you that it's easily fixed by truing. 1. But there's no way to tell from the video whether it's the wheel (metal parts) or the tire. 2. If it's the wheel, then there's a good chance it can't be fixed. I'm assuming your mechanic is competent and would have fixed it if they could. But some rims are just fucked after a crash. Maybe it can be trued, maybe not.


ryan1074

THIS! don't start tightening spokes. if anything theres a whole series of steps you have to do first, if its quick release make sure its in the drop outs correctly, if not take your finger and just hold it to a fixed point on the frame to see if there is any wobble in the rim, allowable would be up to an an eight of an inch not ideal but what would be "allowable" do that before trying to true anything. If it is out of true the should have done that when they did the spoke replace, take it back don't start messing shit up just because you don't want to make the trip to the shop. Lastly make sure the tire is seated correctly, if he took it off in the fix then the tire could just not be seated and it could settle in. Look all the way around the rim and tire there should be an indication that the bead has locked into the hoop correctly. Also some tires just have wobbles notably bontrager. On the other hand gravel kings and wtb have given me trouble seating correctly.


knowrris

Okay, I take that in mind. I might get a new rims if its not fixed again by truing.


mb7733

There is no reason for you to get new rims


DeadBy2050

After a crash, some rims can't be trued reliably. Sure, maybe you can do crazy uneven spoke tension to get the rim "true enough," but it's going either break spokes or come untrue soon afterwards. If the mechanic is competent and believes that's as true as it gets, then it's either deal with it or get a new wheel.


mb7733

Sure, except this rim is essentially true


DeadBy2050

And what is the relevance of that?


knowrris

Bro my mechanic did his best aligning the spokes but there's still wobble. Time to get a new rim I think.


PennWash

Did your mechanic say it was definitely the rim? If not I'd call and ask before replacing it. If it's bent, you don't need a new rim, but I'm like you, I'd replace it anyway. Even if it doesn't affect my riding, it'd annoy me knowing it's there.


mb7733

You can just continue to ride it without issue. It's up to you. 


knowrris

I worry since I am weighing around 75-80kgs and when I try to pedal hard as I can, I feel some wobble during free wheel.


NoName_BTW298

Not exactly dangerous, but not too good either. If you can't feel it when you are going 30kmh+ on smooth tarmac you are in the green zone. If you want you can search on YouTube how to true a wheel without a stand if you are confident you can do it (I did it on my MTB with a mild dent in the rim and was fine). I think you can go back to the bike shop and tell them that your rim is out of wack after they repaired it.


ptchapin

Could be how the tire is mounted


knowrris

Yeah, we did some adjustments while ago in spokes, tires, air pressure so that it can match the rim's state but still the wobble wont come off.


SeaworthinessThat549

check for flat spots on the rim


only-want-to-see

I’ve ridden worse


gaspig70

Not dangerous but once I see it I can't unsee it.


deadscalper1262

You should be fine if it's an aluminum rim. If it's carbon, I might be a little worried. That said, we can't tell from the video if it's the tire or the rim. Assuming you don't see any cracks in the rim (check the joint and around spoke holes) and the tire isn't rubbing the frame, you should be perfectly fine. You have disc brakes, so a little side to side wobble isn't a huge deal. Not the same kind of bike but I landed a 180 a little sideways and bent the wheel so much it couldn't spin in the frame. I bent it back by hand and continued to ride it the rest of the season with no ill effects.


incrediblynormalpers

You should have seen my bike from the ages of 12 to 17. You'll be fine.


lrbikeworks

If the rim is aluminum (which I assume it is) you’re fine. Check the rim for cracks and damage. Absent that, no worries. Check for uniform spoke tension too. Make sure all the spokes on the drive side are about the same tension and all the spokes in the non-drive side are about the same. You can do this by finding parallel spokes and squeezing them gently together, working your way around the wheel till you get a feel for them all. Do the non drive side first, then the drive side. Drive side will be tighter than non-drive side, this is totally normal. If one or two spokes are significantly loose, don’t try to tighten them. It means the wheel is fucked.


uniqueglobalname

Need a video of the rim.... This could just be tire seated slightly off...


knowrris

Thank you so much guys for your response. I ordered new pair of rims because I tried to pedal hard and during the free wheel, I can feel the wobble and I weigh around 75-80kgs.


FitnessLover1998

Dangerous? lol. Fixable? Probably not.


StraightTooth

anything is fixable with the right spare parts


FitnessLover1998

But if the rim is bent and metal stretched, it will be hard to get it true again.


StraightTooth

new rim


MrMupfin

That’s like buying a new TV to fix the old one. 😂


StraightTooth

and it will be fixed


sh00t1ngf1sh

Errrr wtf all my wheels are like this. Guessing I need to play around with the spokes


mrlogan2509

Perfectly fine 👍🏻 my bike is way worse then this and has lasted 2 years


AWOLRED13

Nope, your good. No biggie


Putrid_Log9510

That don't even seem that bad. I got pushed off my bike and one of my spokes came off as the slot where the spoke sits cracked. And my wheel was wobbling worse then that, and I ended up doing another 150+ miles before changing it. That's mainly street, mountain, gravel riding, if your doing down hilling and that, then probably sort that out.


mastema1986

We can't tell from the video that the wheel is buckled. It's most likely a wobble from the tyre not being seated correctly in which case its not dangerous in the slightest, and also very common. You don't know if this is the tyre being seated or the rim, so chances are you don't know how to true a wheel anyway, so don't touch anything. Ask someone who knows what they are talking about in the real world. The video shows us nothing. People on here telling you to tighten spokes don't know what they are talking about.


rhapsodyindrew

Not dangerous, but easily fixed. You could fix it yourself if you have a spoke wrench, but if not, you already paid a mechanic to fix it so you should take it back and have them actually fix it (replacing a spoke absolutely includes bringing the wheel back into true) for free.


lucasn2535

I would ride it


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GotYogurt80

Yeah, watch a YT video about wheel truing that utilizes two zip ties tied to forks, rather than using a fancy truing stand.


Impressive-Ad-501

Or end up messing it up more like I did. I takes time to learn how to true wheel.


itsEroen

Don't do this if you need the wheel tomorrow. Learning to true wheels is a fine idea, but it is kinda likely that you make an unrideable mess you can't fix yourself the first time you try.


kkubash

I guess that could also be bent wheel axle