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i keep breaking spokes
I ride only 36 and I ride up and down curbs and some stairs. I keep breaking spokes at the hub. I have the wide hub with the nightrider rim and 14 guage spokes. I don't want to change back to the superwide hub. In my opinion too much side to side wobble. Any suggestions? Aj -- Texacali23 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Texacali23's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/17394 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/73256 Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com |
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i keep breaking spokes
i have never broken spokes before. talk to unicycle.com -- rookie rider Originally Posted by warlord14 we need to build are numbers up then we can start on are way to unicycle domination. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ rookie rider's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/17060 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/73256 Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com |
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i keep breaking spokes
If you are breaking spokes your spokes aren't tensioned correctly. Your best bet would be to bring it to a bike shop and have them re-true your wheel. Once that starts happening this is the only real solution, i've been through it with a bike wheel. I kept replacing the same spoke and finally had to rebuild the wheel, then it was fine. -- anton005 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ anton005's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/14941 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/73256 Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com |
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i keep breaking spokes
The two main causes of spokes breaking are insufficient spoke tension and movement of the spoke head within the spoke hole on the hub. Tensioning your wheel will help with the first of these (do it yourself or take yr wheel to yr LBS). Note new wheels need to be retensioned after about 5 hours of riding, as the spokes stretch and the heads 'bed in'. If increasing the spoke tension doesn't help and you keep breaking spokes you can rebuild your wheel using 'spoke washers' (http://tinyurl.com/5tstje) which reduce the movement at the spoke head. -- TonyMelton 'Take a squizz at my YouTube videos!' (http://www.youtube.com/user/unimeltdown) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ TonyMelton's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/2118 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/73256 Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com |
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i keep breaking spokes
There was a thread on this befo http://www.unicyclist.com/forums/showthread.php?t=70758 New spokes (the whole wheel) and bindings on the cross-over points have fixed it for me. -- MT High ------------------------------------------------------------------------ MT High's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/15078 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/73256 Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com |
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i keep breaking spokes
Yeah, it is tension. I've had both wheel builds; one I did (with Chuck's help) without a gauge, and I broke 4 spokes. Two others with a gauge (and experienced help), and never broke spokes on those. The latter I also used brass washers. -- corbin http://www.corbinstreehouse.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------ corbin's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/7561 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/73256 Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com |
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