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Its a rim brake wheel and I am wondering if it is worthwhile trying to fix the wheel by bending it back of if this means the wheel is compromised and I should just re-place.
In an emergency, you could try dissassembling the wheel, bending the rim straight, and rebuilding it again. A friend did this in a campsite in Canadian Rockies, his only tools a spoke key and a park bench, many years ago. However, if the rim is actually bent, then unless you're in a campsite in the middle of Fucking Nowhere in Canada, you'd be better off rebuilding it with a new rim.
Or, in fewer words, what Snotters said...
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A question for the wheel builders. Hit a pothole over the weekend and bent the rim on my wheel. Its a rim brake wheel and I am wondering if it is worthwhile trying to fix the wheel by bending it back of if this means the wheel is compromised and I should just re-place.
So many potholes out there combined with the we weather its almost inevitable.....