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Faulty spoke nipple?
Could not believe my luck when I was riding home the other day - all of a
sudden back brake was sticking and my wheel was totally warped Walked the bike home and found that a nipple had broken just below where you put the screwdriver (yeah I know - very technical). Anyway, that cancelled out my weekend of a 2 day 200km ride and I took it on the back of the car to LBS to be told it must have been a faulty ???? nipple. They trued the wheel up and it is great again. Question is - do I trust the rest now? Bike has only done 2000kms, Trek 7500 new in December and I am about to do a long distance ride. This "true the wheel up" business is way beyond my capabilities. Is this a common thing? How do I know the others wont break? |
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Faulty spoke nipple?
On 2007-03-07, just us wrote:
Could not believe my luck when I was riding home the other day - all of a sudden back brake was sticking and my wheel was totally warped Walked the bike home and found that a nipple had broken just below where you put the screwdriver (yeah I know - very technical). Anyway, that cancelled out my weekend of a 2 day 200km ride and I took it on the back of the car to LBS to be told it must have been a faulty ???? nipple. They trued the wheel up and it is great again. Question is - do I trust the rest now? Bike has only done 2000kms, Trek 7500 new in December and I am about to do a long distance ride. This "true the wheel up" business is way beyond my capabilities. Is this a common thing? How do I know the others wont break? You don't... But, the chances are they won't, If you do start breaking a lot of spokes (i.e. three or four in a couple of months) the LBS should rebuild the wheel under waranty. If you're doing overnight rides it would be worthw hile learning how to true a wheel, it really not that hard. and spare spokes are only a dollar a pop. Cheers Joel |
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On Mar 8, 12:02 am, Joel Mayes wrote:
On 2007-03-07, just us wrote: Could not believe my luck when I was riding home the other day - all of a sudden back brake was sticking and my wheel was totally warped Walked the bike home and found that a nipple had broken just below where you put the screwdriver (yeah I know - very technical). Anyway, that cancelled out my weekend of a 2 day 200km ride and I took it on the back of the car to LBS to be told it must have been a faulty ???? nipple. They trued the wheel up and it is great again. Question is - do I trust the rest now? Bike has only done 2000kms, Trek 7500 new in December and I am about to do a long distance ride. This "true the wheel up" business is way beyond my capabilities. Is this a common thing? How do I know the others wont break? You don't... But, the chances are they won't, If you do start breaking a lot of spokes (i.e. three or four in a couple of months) the LBS should rebuild the wheel under waranty. If you're doing overnight rides it would be worthw hile learning how to true a wheel, it really not that hard. and spare spokes are only a dollar a pop. Cheers Joel If you don't want to sit by the road and attempt to fix spoke by torchlight, learn how to adjust the brakes really loose. I've ridden home many kms on a warped wheel. |
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Faulty spoke nipple?
Proud to say I carry extra spokes in my handlebar - along with the nipples.
Proud also to say that I know how to loosen off my brakes, but am not proud to say that I cant imagine having a go at truing the wheel up. Gawd it was so warped! Ridden home on a warped wheel is one thing but when there is 400kms between towns and those towns are too small for a LBS then you really start wondering dont u? Kathy |
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Faulty spoke nipple?
On 2007-03-08, just us wrote:
Proud to say I carry extra spokes in my handlebar - along with the nipples. Proud also to say that I know how to loosen off my brakes, but am not proud to say that I cant imagine having a go at truing the wheel up. Gawd it was so warped! Ridden home on a warped wheel is one thing but when there is 400kms between towns and those towns are too small for a LBS then you really start wondering dont u? Kathy Yep! If you're in Melbourne come down to the CERES bike shed one Friday or Saturday (except for tomorrow we're closed for the long weekend) and we'll teach you how to do it. Cheers Joel |
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Faulty spoke nipple?
Alas I live in Far North Qld - but thanks anyway Joel. I wonder if anyone in
Cairns does these sort of excersises? "Joel Mayes" wrote in message ... On 2007-03-08, just us wrote: Proud to say I carry extra spokes in my handlebar - along with the nipples. Proud also to say that I know how to loosen off my brakes, but am not proud to say that I cant imagine having a go at truing the wheel up. Gawd it was so warped! Ridden home on a warped wheel is one thing but when there is 400kms between towns and those towns are too small for a LBS then you really start wondering dont u? Kathy Yep! If you're in Melbourne come down to the CERES bike shed one Friday or Saturday (except for tomorrow we're closed for the long weekend) and we'll teach you how to do it. Cheers Joel |
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just us wrote:
Alas I live in Far North Qld - but thanks anyway Joel. I wonder if anyone in Cairns does these sort of excersises? Alas, if I still lived in Cairns I would happily teach you. But as I'm working on the Sunshine coast for the next few months, it isn't possible. |
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Faulty spoke nipple?
just us wrote:
Proud to say I carry extra spokes in my handlebar - along with the nipples. Proud also to say that I know how to loosen off my brakes, but am not proud to say that I cant imagine having a go at truing the wheel up. Gawd it was so warped! Ridden home on a warped wheel is one thing but when there is 400kms between towns and those towns are too small for a LBS then you really start wondering dont u? Kathy Replacing a broken spoke can be tricky as you may need to remove the freewheel/cassette to feed the new one into the hub. But if you can get that far, and only a single spoke is broken, then you should be able to get the wheel at least reasonably true by tensioning up just that one spoke. When the wheel's as true as it will get by adjusting that one spoke, then it's at its correct tension (relative to the others). Sometimes no further truing is needed - you may be surprised at how effective this is. I presume the nipple that broke is a standard nickel-plated brass one, rather than a light-weight aluminium alloy one. If so, then the breakage is probably a result of a one-off manufacturing defect. Aluminium nipples I'd have less confidence in, especially on a touring bike. John |
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Faulty spoke nipple?
On 2007-03-08, just us wrote:
Alas I live in Far North Qld - but thanks anyway Joel. I wonder if anyone in Cairns does these sort of excersises? Not that I know of, but Cairns BUG would be the people to ask http://www.cairnsbug.org/ Cheers Joel |
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