Re: [CR] Pulling out a "hop" from a rim ... ???

From: "Dave Porter" <frogeye@porterscustom.com>
To: 'donald gillies' <gillies@ece.ubc.ca>, <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
References: <20090604010906.C4913FE1F@lvs1-r3.ece.ubc.ca>
Date: Wed, 3 Jun 2009 20:03:57 -0600
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Subject: Re: [CR] Pulling out a "hop" from a rim ... ???

Don, The one I have is made by Overland Inc. Grand Rapids Mich. Called a Rim-True Straightener DaveP

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-----Original Message----- From: classicrendezvous-bounces@bikelist.org [mailto:classicrendezvous-bounces@bikelist.org] On Behalf Of donald gillies Sent: Wednesday, June 03, 2009 7:09 PM To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org Subject: [CR] Pulling out a "hop" from a rim ... ???

Did shops use the VAR seat-chain stay straightener to pull dents out from rims with hops ?? Here is a picture from Sheldon Brown :

http://www.sheldonbrown.com/var/pages/var0010.html

Is there another picture of a similar tool on the web? I checked Park Tool and Bicycle Research but found nothing. In particular, I had heard in 1982 from my shop (Champaign Cycle in Champaign Illinois) that they had a "wire-puller" version of this tool to fix my Raleigh Grand Prix, after I threw the chain into the spokes and locked the rear wheel at roughly 25 mph.

I'm wondering what people use these days to pull out hops from bent rims, or have rims become so disposable that nobody bothers?

- Don Gillies
San Diego, CA, USA