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Broken spoke #4
Dec. 22nd, 2013 09:20 pmThis is spoke 24
Previously 28, 12 and 8 broke.
That's half the trailing drive side spokes. If any other types of spokes break or certainly if any of the replaced spokes break, I'll have to consider tearing down and relacing with all new spokes.
The tension seems fine, though I don't have a tensiometer. I'm hoping they just used crappy spokes, and the Wheelsmith spokes I'm replacing them with will hold just fine. The crappy spokes theory seems viable in light of the fact that the nipples are definitely not top of the line.
The disc brakes mean that I don't really have to worry about getting the spoke replaced immediately as the rim can wobble quite a lot before it becomes bothersome (though at higher speeds than I get to in the winter it could be trouble) and the internal hub does make this not much of a hassle because as I proved today, I can replace even drive side spokes with the wheel still on the bike.
So really the broken spokes on this bike are not that big of a deal, though on a traditional bike I'd be a lot grumpier, as I'd have to remove the wheel AND remove the cassette from the wheel for each one. That gets pretty old pretty fast and last time I had a problem like this I did rebuild the wheel.
I think my odometer is around 380 miles on this bike. My bike comp is failing though, so that might be a bit off.
Previously 28, 12 and 8 broke.
That's half the trailing drive side spokes. If any other types of spokes break or certainly if any of the replaced spokes break, I'll have to consider tearing down and relacing with all new spokes.
The tension seems fine, though I don't have a tensiometer. I'm hoping they just used crappy spokes, and the Wheelsmith spokes I'm replacing them with will hold just fine. The crappy spokes theory seems viable in light of the fact that the nipples are definitely not top of the line.
The disc brakes mean that I don't really have to worry about getting the spoke replaced immediately as the rim can wobble quite a lot before it becomes bothersome (though at higher speeds than I get to in the winter it could be trouble) and the internal hub does make this not much of a hassle because as I proved today, I can replace even drive side spokes with the wheel still on the bike.
So really the broken spokes on this bike are not that big of a deal, though on a traditional bike I'd be a lot grumpier, as I'd have to remove the wheel AND remove the cassette from the wheel for each one. That gets pretty old pretty fast and last time I had a problem like this I did rebuild the wheel.
I think my odometer is around 380 miles on this bike. My bike comp is failing though, so that might be a bit off.
