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Bent rim recommendation
« on: March 23, 2015, 11:19:22 AM »
Helping someone restore an Ambassador.  Any recommendation on where to send a bent rear rim with a few bent spokes?

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Re: Bent rim recommendation
« Reply #1 on: March 23, 2015, 11:36:32 AM »
You might try, Buchanan's Spoke & Rim, Inc or Woody's wheel works.
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Re: Bent rim recommendation
« Reply #2 on: March 23, 2015, 11:38:59 AM »
My experience was that Woody's is a lot more customer service oriented than Buchanan's.  But it's Buchanan's that has the spoke making machinery, so Woody's probably gets custom spokes from Buchanan's.
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Re: Bent rim recommendation
« Reply #3 on: March 23, 2015, 12:07:38 PM »
I'd have Woody's do the work and source good used original spokes yourself. Mark E. and Harper's likely have bunches, I have a few also if needed.
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Re: Bent rim recommendation
« Reply #4 on: March 23, 2015, 01:20:24 PM »
Last time I called Mark E for spokes, he taught me how to straighten them, in situ, over the phone...
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Re: Bent rim recommendation
« Reply #5 on: March 23, 2015, 04:59:52 PM »
Got a wheel from an Ambo I could spare. $75 and shipping. Let me know.
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Re: Bent rim recommendation
« Reply #6 on: March 23, 2015, 07:07:26 PM »
Quote from: mtiberio on March 23, 2015, 01:20:24 PM
Last time I called Mark E for spokes, he taught me how to straighten them, in situ, over the phone...


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Re: Bent rim recommendation
« Reply #7 on: March 23, 2015, 10:02:38 PM »
Chris Quinn ( Wheelworks) is right up the road in Hayward. Figure you might want try somewhere close before shipping off to Timbuktoo? He' done a bunch of wheels for me over the last 30+ years and I have never had a problem. Just sayin'
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Re: Bent rim recommendation
« Reply #8 on: March 23, 2015, 10:32:12 PM »
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Re: Bent rim recommendation
« Reply #9 on: March 23, 2015, 11:23:14 PM »
What's bent? Rim or spokes?
If it's just spokes, remove the offenders, bend them straight and re install/true




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Re: Bent rim recommendation
« Reply #10 on: March 24, 2015, 09:01:30 AM »
I have used Woody's Wheel Works and was very satisfied. The turnaround was prompt, the wheel was round, and the price was reasonable...
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