Fell off, bent wheel. Expensive?

JonJ678 · 21 Mar 2013 at 12:09

It's wet out there today. Bike disappeared out from under me and went away on it's side.

I have definitely bent the handle bar and the front wheel. It's sort-of drivable, in that I got it to a garage. They'll quote for the work tomorrow, but so I can prepare myself, how much does a wheel cost?

The bike is a honda cg125. Hadn't been dropped before

JonJ678 · 21 Mar 2013 at 12:58

Spoked, single disk. £70 is far better than I feared - my bicycle wheel cost much more than that! Thank you

edit: I think the forks are straight, but it's difficult to tell. I'd say buckled - most of the wheel is still in plane, but a bit is bent outwards. I've got a few photos, but don't have much hope for their quality.

edit:
Wheel looking pretty much straight, it wobbles from side to side if turned by hand

Handlebar looking less straight

And gear shifter, which looks OK. It was difficult to change gears on the way to the shop, but it's hard to tell whether that was the lever or my ankle.

JonJ678 · 21 Mar 2013 at 13:29

6k and some rust, yes

. I hadn't noticed any on the forks before taking that picture, though there's definitely surface rust on the exhaust. Spraying gt85 on the metal bits doesn't seem to have helped. It has been ridden daily though winter though.

Not funny, no. Very surprising. I'm glad none of the nearby cars drove into me. Cheers

JonJ678 · 21 Mar 2013 at 14:23

Did the gear lever start out straight then? It looks so smoothly curved I thought it might have been intentional. I may have a go at straightening the handlebar - depends on replacement price really. Heat gun and a vice would probably work I agree.

FS365 it is then, thanks for the advice. I'll pick some up in the next couple of days.

Not sure I've learned anything from it - diesel on the other side of a corner. Didn't even see it