To dent a rim, you need to hit a hard sharp uphill angle. I know this because I have done it. Lift the front wheel, all the weight aft, and - BANG! dented rim edge. Done it on a Mavic Allroad Pro aluminium rim. Fortunately my "dent" was on one rim edge on the rear wheel. It was flared outwards so I am not convinced the tool from Wolftooth would have worked so well. Sealant was sufficient to allow me to ride into the nearest town (20psi but leaking - to point of completely flat when I reached the town). I bought a pair of bullnosed pliers and, gripping the warped dent, twisted the dent back in - requiring 1 twist either side of the apex of the dent. Rim is perfectly straight. Looks like your rim suffered a flat spot as well. This experience put me off carbon rims!
here's my story, I was riding in eastern Oregon (Anthony lakes) down one the flow trail and during my second run i took a jump into a rock garden running too low of a pressure and SMACK i heard it strike a rock. i was about 2/3rds of the way down the mountain so i decided to just finish the ride and address it when i got down to the bottom. i make it down, no problem and inspect the damage, its leaking sealant but the bead stayed in place so i just continued riding up under heavy pedaling going uphill it went completely flat. the tire wouldn't seat so i had to bend the rim back into place...my first mistake was to use a Leatherman without any type of brace against the rim and i punched a hole right through that thing! luckily i had a tube and continued to ride (for the rest of the summer in fact) but it was a costly mistake! i ended up spending $250 on a used rear wheel and easily could have avoided this if i had the wolf tooth lever...lesson learned!
In a pinch, I think it would work, it works similar to the Wolftooth Tool, but it also is slightly sharp, so perhaps you could sandwich a piece of wood or metal in between to help protect the outer part of the rim from being damaged.
I've heard that bending aluminum back to shape is a bit more risky than steel due to fatigue, and some folks say that aluminum rims, if holding air, should just be left alone if straight and true. Is it true that aluminum is more likely to break when bending after fatigue than steel? Curious if it's a good idea to fix the dent I've had for a year or two when it's holding air and the bead just fine.
That's correct. Aluminium fatigues quickly. Personally in your case the wheel still works, I'd leave it, you risk wrecking by trying to iron the dent out. I've straightened a couple out in the past with an adjustable spanner/wrench and slowly/gently bending it back. A bit of card helps stopping the rim getting scratched!
@@alex_n8863 ye, but if you hit the same spot later, it becomes softer and more fragile. Had a dent in a rim, but then hit that dent one more time and it became unfixable
Hey man - do you have an amazon affiliate account or any link through which I could buy that wolftooth dent remover/lever? I found it on amazon but I'd love to support with my purchase if possible.
…and the neighbors are watching and wondering about your sanity. Can’t that boy ride somewhere else?? All the bike trails and that nutty guy is riding his stairs; over and over.☕️
"Who woulda thought?" Well, I was thinking the whole time that if you really want to dent the rim, you should go up the stairs... but not everyone has figured out how to handily destroy all the different components on a bike. I was not kind to my steed in the past.
I wonder if it's possible to use an ordinary bottle opener for this. Even Munkees Fish Bone grips the rim but it's short and doesn't provide sufficient power.
Not stupid at all, Carbon does not do this. I do find that carbon is typically a bit stronger, depending on the brand, buuuuut, often times a broken carbon rim goes unnoticed, which is the scary part. I have chipped a rim from running low tire pressure, and in turn this pinched my tire and I had to plug it. but I have never damaged a carbon rim so much that it was unrideable, but I'm also not as hard on my wheels as say, someone that rides the park all day long. To be honest with you, I'm more confident and comfortable riding a carbon hoop vs an aluminum hoop, that said, this experiment has me much more impressed with the aluminum rim in general.
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To dent a rim, you need to hit a hard sharp uphill angle.
I know this because I have done it. Lift the front wheel, all the weight aft, and - BANG! dented rim edge. Done it on a Mavic Allroad Pro aluminium rim. Fortunately my "dent" was on one rim edge on the rear wheel. It was flared outwards so I am not convinced the tool from Wolftooth would have worked so well. Sealant was sufficient to allow me to ride into the nearest town (20psi but leaking - to point of completely flat when I reached the town). I bought a pair of bullnosed pliers and, gripping the warped dent, twisted the dent back in - requiring 1 twist either side of the apex of the dent. Rim is perfectly straight.
Looks like your rim suffered a flat spot as well.
This experience put me off carbon rims!
Try the bottle opener on the leatherman, to pull the dent out
here's my story, I was riding in eastern Oregon (Anthony lakes) down one the flow trail and during my second run i took a jump into a rock garden running too low of a pressure and SMACK i heard it strike a rock. i was about 2/3rds of the way down the mountain so i decided to just finish the ride and address it when i got down to the bottom. i make it down, no problem and inspect the damage, its leaking sealant but the bead stayed in place so i just continued riding up under heavy pedaling going uphill it went completely flat. the tire wouldn't seat so i had to bend the rim back into place...my first mistake was to use a Leatherman without any type of brace against the rim and i punched a hole right through that thing! luckily i had a tube and continued to ride (for the rest of the summer in fact) but it was a costly mistake! i ended up spending $250 on a used rear wheel and easily could have avoided this if i had the wolf tooth lever...lesson learned!
Very cool WT tool and great story. Love your sweater too.
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I made a really small dent in my front rim when i tried to ride up some blunt stairs, thanks for the fix tutorial
Curious, did you try the cap lifter on the Leatherman?
Lemme check.
In a pinch, I think it would work, it works similar to the Wolftooth Tool, but it also is slightly sharp, so perhaps you could sandwich a piece of wood or metal in between to help protect the outer part of the rim from being damaged.
that's what i was wondering too....bottle opener might work in a pinch
that tool seems great, I have an old bend rim gonna try it thanks a lot 🥳
I've heard that bending aluminum back to shape is a bit more risky than steel due to fatigue, and some folks say that aluminum rims, if holding air, should just be left alone if straight and true. Is it true that aluminum is more likely to break when bending after fatigue than steel? Curious if it's a good idea to fix the dent I've had for a year or two when it's holding air and the bead just fine.
That's correct. Aluminium fatigues quickly. Personally in your case the wheel still works, I'd leave it, you risk wrecking by trying to iron the dent out. I've straightened a couple out in the past with an adjustable spanner/wrench and slowly/gently bending it back. A bit of card helps stopping the rim getting scratched!
@@alex_n8863 ye, but if you hit the same spot later, it becomes softer and more fragile.
Had a dent in a rim, but then hit that dent one more time and it became unfixable
Hey man - do you have an amazon affiliate account or any link through which I could buy that wolftooth dent remover/lever? I found it on amazon but I'd love to support with my purchase if possible.
Hey, thanks! Here is the link. alnk.to/gzQ62qB
…and the neighbors are watching and wondering about your sanity. Can’t that boy ride somewhere else?? All the bike trails and that nutty guy is riding his stairs; over and over.☕️
Lol, yeah. Needed my wife to film and the baby was taking a nap hence the controlled setting.
Hearing that first rim clanging down the stairs hurt my soul.
I have bent small dents back with a spoke wrench.
Do you have a link to the Wolf Tooth pliers to straighten the rim?
Yep: alnk.to/6TuDqhC
"Who woulda thought?" Well, I was thinking the whole time that if you really want to dent the rim, you should go up the stairs... but not everyone has figured out how to handily destroy all the different components on a bike. I was not kind to my steed in the past.
I wonder if it's possible to use an ordinary bottle opener for this. Even Munkees Fish Bone grips the rim but it's short and doesn't provide sufficient power.
Did you lock out the rear shock? Wondering if that was doing it’s job and absorbing the hits.
It was indeed locked out, I cut that bit out for time.
Should just ram front rim into kerb , works every time .
Looks like this tool can also open a beer bottle!
What would be the same impact on a carbon rim?
no
Adjustable spanner/wrench works good.
how to fix a dent in a rim -> use the dent fixing tool
you need to improve your rim damaging skills, just one step upward with some speed will do the trick
That's what I found. :)
Not hard to dent. pretty hard to fix :D
Potentially stupid question but you couldn’t do this on a carbon rim could you?!
Not stupid at all, Carbon does not do this. I do find that carbon is typically a bit stronger, depending on the brand, buuuuut, often times a broken carbon rim goes unnoticed, which is the scary part. I have chipped a rim from running low tire pressure, and in turn this pinched my tire and I had to plug it. but I have never damaged a carbon rim so much that it was unrideable, but I'm also not as hard on my wheels as say, someone that rides the park all day long. To be honest with you, I'm more confident and comfortable riding a carbon hoop vs an aluminum hoop, that said, this experiment has me much more impressed with the aluminum rim in general.
So the way to fix a rim is to buy a rim fixing tool? 🤔
That’s what I found, at least in the field.
Pedal farther
You certainly can, but that’s our slogan of sorts, it’s more than just distance. Think about it