Help me repair my bike

[CloudOnMyTongue 0]

So I've got this bike, and it fell down.

The back tire is wobbley now, ( just a little ), it rubs up against the brake when you flip it upside down and spin the tire. It's only slightly annoying trying to ride it.

Now can one fix a wobbley tire? Or due I need to buy a new rim?

Can I do this myself? Should I take it to a bike shop or should I go to Canadian Tire and buy a new wheel?

[BoostedXT 0]

I am guessing pedal bike..

Go to a shop and have them do it...you can easily do it yourself if you have a spoke wrench, but I am guessing you dont.

Basically you losen opposing spokes and tighten others in order to "pull" the back into true.

Joe

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[CloudOnMyTongue 0]

Yes it's normal pedal bike, and your right, I don't have a spoke wrench. So how much will they charge me?

I'm just wondering if it's going to be like $10 or $40?


AND, thank you.

[cvfd1399 0]

Loosen the oposite spokes half a turn and tighten the oposite spoke half a turn and then spin the tire. Where it rubs "tighten it away from the rub". until it is straight. If the rim has a flat spot, that is if it goes up and down instead of wobbles it needs to go to a bike shop.

[CloudOnMyTongue 0]

Loosen the oposite spokes half a turn and tighten the oposite spoke half a turn and then spin the tire.


I really don't understand that part. Could you make it clearer?

[pleifer 0]

you can get a whole new rim for like 80-100 for an average quality rim,
so I would assume that pulling it back into true would not cost that much from a bike shop.
learn from my mistake and just take it in,
trying it yourself unless you are experianced will probably make it worse.
trueing a bikes wheel I could never do

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[cvfd1399 0]

http://www.kenkifer.com/bikepages/skills/spokes.htm

That is a good site, no pictures tho. I searched msn for "how to true a bicycle rim" there are tons of sites