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Came off my bike a few weeks back and last night whilst checking the bike found a pretty large ding / fold in the Rim. They are Crest 29er Hope hoops. There setup tubeless and surprisingly have not lost any air.
Question is, are the rims safe to keep riding ? do you just keep riding them until they fail / loose air ?
Yeah wait until they fail and you die 🙄
Pop it by the shop sometime Si and I'll take a look at it for you
A picture would help.
Aside for that a slight flattening of the outer edge of the rim owing to a big rock strike or a bottoming out of the tyre on a curb, rock, root etc should be fine.
What just the one! It'll be fine, its when there are more flat spots/dings than straight bits and you have ran out of thread on the spokes that you need to start thinking about new rims
You aint a peaks rider are you!
chances are if its still sealing fine then it'll be OK but either post pictures or take to a bike shop for advice.
I had a ding in my Crest 26" rims bad enough so that the tyre would not seal and was told bend it out carefully with a adjustable spanner and it'll be fine.
I only start to get concerned when the fold becomes a crack that you can easily shine light through. The price of otherwise replacing dh rims all the time kinda drives you towards this approach though.
You aint a peaks rider are you!
yup, that's where I live ! In fact, a lot closer than Oldham 😉
Thanks for advice, will pop it in Shop Matt. I remember on old flows I used pliers to straighten out a big flat and they still sealed.
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Is it bigger than mine?
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you should have used a tyre and tube, protects the rim 😉
Jon is that the Mythical Exploding 29er wheel we have been hearing so much about on this forum?
He's the one. Although in fairness, it was only bent, until i tried to bend it back. And then ride on it. Then it exploded.