vman1313
New Member
Weeeelllll, while riding in the Cohutta Wilderness of North GA and TN this past Sunday...I hit a rock and bent my front wheel/rim. Yes I am upset but I am chalking it up as a freak thing and not blaming it on the NC or its abilities or inabilities OR any so called short comings. Some will say I should of not have been off road on the NC but I have put many MANY MANY miles of off road on the NC and have not even had a scratch on the wheel/rims until now. PLUS...I had a buddy just buy a GS Adventure (not the one in the picture) and he bent his "off road" rim in a similar fashion.
Question is...what do I do now? After looking around here on the forums, I do not think the rim is "fixable" as it bowed back in towards the center, it didn't just bend the edge. I have looked on eBay but found nothing and a new wheel/rim is around $500 not including shipping...SOOOOO...any suggestions? Let me rephrase...any REAL suggestions? ....besides pay up $500 plus shipping plus install plus tire plus ARRGHHH!
Question is...what do I do now? After looking around here on the forums, I do not think the rim is "fixable" as it bowed back in towards the center, it didn't just bend the edge. I have looked on eBay but found nothing and a new wheel/rim is around $500 not including shipping...SOOOOO...any suggestions? Let me rephrase...any REAL suggestions? ....besides pay up $500 plus shipping plus install plus tire plus ARRGHHH!