666pack

so i was just practicing some no handed trackstands in my room before bed. i fell. my bike got caught on my bed, and my weight hit the rear wheel, taco'ing it.

now my wheel looks like this and my head hurts from hitting the corner of my desk.


i'm really still in shock that my stupidity accomplished this. fixable?

trons

unlace it, bend the **** out of it, try to build it back together... i did it with a wheel not half as bad but its totally worth a shot...

schwinn

oh my.

666pack

but damn it! i've never built a wheel before!

i hate having to learn things out of necessity!

br995

Smooth move exlax.

666pack

give me a break. i just spent five hours reading a book written in 1880 about ku-klux klan violence... in its original form for a quiz tomorrow. then i wrote a research paper on southern sentiment post-fredericksburg campaign.
being a history major sucks sometimes.
and then before i did this act of negligence i smoked a fatty to my dome and ate some enchiladas... so i wasn't in top form.

br995

Look on the bright side. Now you've got a taco to go with those enchiladas.

Retem

loosen the spokes then take the wheel and beat it on the floor to knock most of the wobble out then tensiont he wheel up and try to take as much of the wobble out as possible

thatcher

my friend would loosen the spokes n open a drawer n use it as a lever to bend the hoop.

Jonny Pockets

Clean your floors. Please.

Sorry about your bike man; glad you're okay.

Now seriously, clean your floors.

calf man

Take the wheel and slam it against the ground hitting it where the taco'ed part is ****'ed up.
Do this right and you won't even have to adjust the spokes or true the wheel.

Now I'm gonna go OUTSIDE and do a no handed track stand.

Bikkhu

it is unforgivable that you did not capture the incident on your webcam

Retem

refry

check and see if its cracked before you even bother trying to re build it and check if your hub flanges ar bent ..

na975

that floor needs a serious cleaning.

xthugmurderx

didn't your mother ever tell you not to ride bikes in the house?

oharescrubs

maybe i just cant see well, or know nothing about low flange hubs non the market, but is that a suicide hub? if so, just buy a new wheel.

veggiemafia

Well, at least I feel better about flying over my handlebars yesterday after having read this.

Moral of my story is: Don't forget that your new bike has bullhorns and an Ultegra brake caliper where your old bike had drops and a beatup, barely functional 1970s brake caliper.

Moral of the OP's story: Say no to drugs??

kjohnnytarr

Darn you. We aren't allowed to keep bikes in our dorm rooms here. And even if we could, there's no room.

megatron

just sell your bike man... its not worth it.

goldener

maybe you shouldn't be riding bikes

Jerseysbest

Wait till you graduate and start looking for a job!

666pack

i'm actually a history education major, so i don't think i'll have too many difficulties with that.

but yeah, it's not a suicide hub. and no i don't want to buy a new wheel now.
i'm getting a new wheelset for my iro in may, so i'd rather just fix this one and ride on it until i get my new wheel. i'm pretty sure i'll be able to fix it.

oh, and i'm waiting until i move out in three weeks to clean my floors.

p3ntuprage

atleast you didn't kill yourself, leaving your flatmates to find the decaying remains of what would have been the stoopidest death evar.

instead we can all laugh [with you] about it. [because anyone who's played with rollers has done similar]

fsnl
sparky

soyboy

my first two thoughts were probably because of the nylon toe clips(which was a joke but so are nylon toe clips) and that this is proof that you should ride outside instead of practicing looking cool inside