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[Jools]

If it ain't one thing it's another. Took my T8 to get some part worn Dunlops fitted today. Thought I'd be smart since I don't yet have a front paddock stand and take the tyres to the fitters in the car, then ride the bike there to get them fitted.

Everything was going to plan until I glanced in my mirror. When I looked at the road again, a brick had just fallen off a skip lorry in front of me - which was even more annoying because I had been leaving a huge gap between me and the truck just in case something stupid happened - like a brick falling off .

The brick was still tumbling while I was braking like ffffffff..and then off the brakes trying to flick around it, but to no avail. I clipped it with the right hand side of my front wheel and now I've got a bent front wheel rim. Luckily, the pressure stayed in the tyre and I managed to crawl home at not much more than walking pace. Needles to say the rim is too damaged to even consider fitting another tyre.

Anyone got any experience of wheel straightening services like Hagon? Do you trust a dinged wheel after it's been straightened? Or am I looking at trying to get a replacement T8 wheel?

PS: Didn't even get the number of the effin' truck