damaged spoke holes (rim)

My neighbor's cheap ass K-mart bike needs a spoke replaced; that is, the
spoke has pulled out of the cheap steel rim, and area around a couple of
other spoke holes started bulging due to spoke tension. If it were my bike,
I would simply replace the garbage rim, but just to get my buddy back on his
bike, do you have any suggestions on what I can do without replacing the
rim? Say, use some kind of washers inside the rim around the spoke holes?
TIA.

Bellsouth Ijit 2.0 - 'Roid Rage Edition ® wrote:

My neighbor's cheap ass K-mart bike needs a spoke replaced; that is, the
spoke has pulled out of the cheap steel rim, and area around a couple of
other spoke holes started bulging due to spoke tension. If it were my bike,
I would simply replace the garbage rim, but just to get my buddy back on his
bike, do you have any suggestions on what I can do without replacing the
rim? Say, use some kind of washers inside the rim around the spoke holes?

If one spoke nipple has pulled out of the rim, and several others close
behind, then the best option appears to be replacement. Or should I say, your
_only_ option. I can only see this ending badly otherwise.

Your LBS might have a cheap second hand rim that might suit.
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On Fri, 11 Apr 2008 08:01:03 +1000 in rec.bicycles.tech, John
Tserkezis wrote:

If one spoke nipple has pulled out of the rim, and several others close
behind, then the best option appears to be replacement. Or should I say, your
_only_ option. I can only see this ending badly otherwise.

what he said. the wheel is NOT safe. if it's under warranty, he
should return the bike and buy a decent one somewhere else. if
not, replace the wheel.

On Thu, 10 Apr 2008 16:50:33 -0400, "Bellsouth Ijit 2.0 - 'Roid Rage
Edition ®" may have said:

My neighbor's cheap ass K-mart bike needs a spoke replaced; that is, the
spoke has pulled out of the cheap steel rim, and area around a couple of
other spoke holes started bulging due to spoke tension. If it were my bike,
I would simply replace the garbage rim, but just to get my buddy back on his
bike, do you have any suggestions on what I can do without replacing the
rim? Say, use some kind of washers inside the rim around the spoke holes?

It's amazingly unusual for even a Huffy or Magna steel rim to do this,
though some of the cheap aluminum ones are no strangers to
pull-throughs. If it has happened once, it will happen again; trying
to keep that rim in service is not just a false economy, it's a bigger
problem in the making. I'd seriously suggest casting around for a
place that has a used wheel that they'll sell cheap.

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Werehatrack wrote:

It's amazingly unusual for even a Huffy or Magna steel rim to do this,

But not one of the BSOs from Pacific Cycle. What you thought was cheap,
looks good when comparing these.

Bellsouth Ijit 2.0 - 'Roid Rage Edition ® wrote:
My neighbor's cheap ass K-mart bike needs a spoke replaced; that is, the
spoke has pulled out of the cheap steel rim, and area around a couple of
other spoke holes started bulging due to spoke tension. If it were my bike,
I would simply replace the garbage rim, but just to get my buddy back on his
bike, do you have any suggestions on what I can do without replacing the
rim? Say, use some kind of washers inside the rim around the spoke holes?
TIA.



I don't see why not, if you can find washers of a suitable size.

Werehatrack wrote:

It's amazingly unusual for even a Huffy or Magna steel rim to do this,
though some of the cheap aluminum ones are no strangers to
pull-throughs.

That also goes for certain Mavics, the MA3 and MA40 coming most
immediately to mind ;-)

Zog The Undeniable wrote:
Werehatrack wrote:

It's amazingly unusual for even a Huffy or Magna steel rim to do this,
though some of the cheap aluminum ones are no strangers to
pull-throughs.

That also goes for certain Mavics, the MA3 and MA40 coming most
immediately to mind ;-)

Trolling for Kentucky Bourbon drinkers?

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Tom Sherman wrote:
Zog The Undeniable wrote:
Werehatrack wrote:

It's amazingly unusual for even a Huffy or Magna steel rim to do this,
though some of the cheap aluminum ones are no strangers to
pull-throughs.

That also goes for certain Mavics, the MA3 and MA40 coming most
immediately to mind ;-)

Trolling for Kentucky Bourbon drinkers?

Nah. To be fair, the MA3 on my racing bike is still OK, but I didn't
take the tension as high as I would normally, and it's done relatively
few miles.

On Sat, 12 Apr 2008 08:08:10 -0500, Tom Sherman
may have said:

Zog The Undeniable wrote:
Werehatrack wrote:

It's amazingly unusual for even a Huffy or Magna steel rim to do this,
though some of the cheap aluminum ones are no strangers to
pull-throughs.

That also goes for certain Mavics, the MA3 and MA40 coming most
immediately to mind ;-)

Ah, yes, but they do it so much more expensively!

Trolling for Kentucky Bourbon drinkers?

Too easy.

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