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Mavic Askium Wheels - Spoke Question

  • 25-05-2009 7:47pm
    #1
    snack_ie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 438 ✭✭


    I kind of broke one of my spokes while marshalling at a race on Saturday.

    I was cycling with a sign in one hand when it was really windy and the metal spike at the end blew it into my back wheel and seriously bent one spoke. Its not broken but bent and doesnt look like it could take any compression/tension.

    Since then I have done about 220km on it and everything is ok - its still running true.

    Will this one spoke cause a buckle to develop if I keep riding on it or should it be ok for a while longer - I was looking to out on it tomorrow but dont want to end up having to replace the wheel as a result.

    How hard is it to replace one spoke also, and could one do it themselves. What tools do you need - I see any replacement Mavic spokes on chainreactioncycles.

    Cheers


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  • #2
    penexpers
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,038 ✭✭✭penexpers


    For those wheels I think you need the specific spoke. Google for it.


  • #3
    Deisetrek
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 274 ✭✭Deisetrek


    snack_ie wrote: »
    I kind of broke one of my spokes while marshalling at a race on Saturday.

    I was cycling with a sign in one hand when it was really windy and the metal spike at the end blew it into my back wheel and seriously bent one spoke. Its not broken but bent and doesnt look like it could take any compression/tension.

    Since then I have done about 220km on it and everything is ok - its still running true.

    Will this one spoke cause a buckle to develop if I keep riding on it or should it be ok for a while longer - I was looking to out on it tomorrow but dont want to end up having to replace the wheel as a result.

    How hard is it to replace one spoke also, and could one do it themselves. What tools do you need - I see any replacement Mavic spokes on chainreactioncycles.

    Cheers

    Bent one of my Mavic Aksium spokes myself a few months ago , got away with it for a while but on one of my spins a few weeks later it snapped like a carrot . They seem to be a highly tensioned spoke . Had fierce trouble locating replacements on the net , maybe you will have more luck , but I personally ended up buying a new wheel and I'm using my old one for spare spokes .


  • #4
    SomeFool
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,452 ✭✭✭SomeFool


    I can give you a couple of spokes if your in Cork.


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