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the blown spokes thread!

blown spoke poll

  • Yup BTDT spokes like a porcupine

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Nope not that aggro on the bike

    Votes: 2 40.0%

  • wrap and solder that's good stuff

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • huh who the H thinks this stuff up?

    Votes: 3 60.0%

  • just get better, upgraded wheels!

    Votes: 1 20.0%
  • Total voters
    5
Max Smiley

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so my quest for dirt knowledge continues. I suppose it's better learning about this stuff now when I'm supposedly more mature than in my teens. it don't matter since I screwed my back up anyways.

so found this info about locking spokes together. a good idea? a wive's tale? only confirmed benefit so far is if blow a spoke it will stay with the wheel. is that good thing too? I don't know and want to hear from you!

Safety wire the spokes where they cross, a short spoke is much stronger, by doing this you will half the length of your spokes. solder together too. a trick from the bicycle realm.
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:confused
 
I have seen a couple of people do that. Never tried it myself... I just make sure all my spokes are tight. Get a spoke wrench! ;)

Pierre
:infrandom
 
That's a load of bollocks dreamed up by bored people with time and zip ties to spare.

My spokes don't even touch eachother so why would I wire them together?

Makes no difference to strengh.

I suppose that it might perhaps capture a spoke that lets go, but I would also recommend Pierre's method, get a spoke key and keep your wheels straight and tight, replace any suspect spokes immediately, even though it's a massive pain to do it.


Spokes do work loose- especially in the early life of the bike, you do need to do it every few k miles.
 
thanks for the responses so far! I have a little spoke wrench and knock on the spokes to listen to them but they seem tight still? read that spokes may loosen dramatically w/i the first 100 miles.
a spoke torque wrench is like $200 :eek I wouldn't know what to do with it anyways!
 
You don't need a spoke torque wrench. A "regular" spoke wrench is like $4!!!

Pierre
:infrandom
 
The only reason to connect your spokes where they cross is to keep from loosing a broken one.

All of a spokes strength is lengthwise & it's load cannot be transfered by ziptying it to another spoke.

I have a nifty spoke torq wrench. For me it was a big waste of money. I still use my little PCCC billet steel wrench most of the time.
 
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