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Advice needed - spokes keep going on back wheel

  • 23-04-2009 02:49PM
    #1
    joker77
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    I think the wheel has been rebuilt, but it seems about every couple of months now a spoke goes and I've to get it fixed. I'm a commuting cyclist, between 6-14 miles a day, on a Dawes Giro 200

    Do I just need to replace the back wheel? If so could anyone recommend something that will survive a little better in and out of Dublin with all the potholes / dodgy cracked road / speed bumps / cobblestones?

    Cheers


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  • #2
    kona
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    joker77 wrote: »
    I think the wheel has been rebuilt, but it seems about every couple of months now a spoke goes and I've to get it fixed. I'm a commuting cyclist, between 6-14 miles a day, on a Dawes Giro 200

    Do I just need to replace the back wheel? If so could anyone recommend something that will survive a little better in and out of Dublin with all the potholes / dodgy cracked road / speed bumps / cobblestones?

    Cheers

    A decent wheelset will cost you around e200. I reckon the spokes were not tensioned correctley when it was repaired.

    Make sure you have 80 psi or so in those tyres , low pressure will kill your rim ASAP.


  • #3
    joker77
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    Thanks Kona. I get my bike repaired in Cycleways on Parnell st - they've changed the repair shop a bit and I've been happy the last couple of times I've had it in there.

    Would you recommend a particular wheelset? What are your thoughts on buying online, as opposed to just handing them the bike and asking them to replace the wheel with a decent one?


  • #4
    Quigs Snr
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    When a wheel keeps popping spokes like that a full rebuild will sometimes do it. Not worth it in this instance though, I'd just get a new wheel or wheelset. You are throwing good money after bad getting that wheel continuously repaired.


  • #5
    joker77
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,111 ✭✭✭joker77


    Any recommendations as to what to replace it with? Or what NOT to go for? Cheers


  • #6
    joker77
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,111 ✭✭✭joker77


    Ok apologies I'm a bit of a n00b here. I've taken out the broken spoke from the back wheel, so I'm a little bit of time before it buckles again

    If I buy a new set of wheels from the net, how much work is involved in swapping the back cassette on the old one and putting it on the new? Would I need special tools for this?
    Am I better off just leaving the bike into my local repair shop - cycleways - and asking them replace the back wheel?


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  • #7
    blorg
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    joker77 wrote: »
    Ok apologies I'm a bit of a n00b here. I've taken out the broken spoke from the back wheel, so I'm a little bit of time before it buckles again

    If I buy a new set of wheels from the net, how much work is involved in swapping the back cassette on the old one and putting it on the new? Would I need special tools for this?
    Am I better off just leaving the bike into my local repair shop - cycleways - and asking them replace the back wheel?
    You need a chainwhip and a cassette lockring tool, if this tool does not come with a handle you need an adjustable wrench as well. It is an easy enough job but the cassette can be pretty tightly affixed. Generally a bike shop will not charge too much to replace a wheel if you are buying it from them. Remember to buy rim tape.


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