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broken spoke Rear Wheel

  • 05-04-2012 12:14pm
    #1
    seanie500
    Closed Accounts Posts: 263 ✭✭


    last weekend i broke a spoke at the end of a spin. it is broken at the hub end.

    how do you go about replacing it? can you buy one yourself and fix or do i need to bring it into an LBS.

    Also any reccomendations for getting bike serviced (Dublin location)

    Thanks


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  • #2
    piston
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 523 ✭✭✭piston


    You need to know the length and the gauge. Fitting is straightforward on the left hand side but on the right you will usually need to remove the freewheel block/cassette.

    As you just require one, I would take it to a bike shop and they will measure it and probably fit it and true the wheel afterwards. My local shop charges €5 for this service. Online, you may get them cheaper per spoke but you will likely end up with a box of 36.


  • #3
    Mycroft H
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,313 ✭✭✭Mycroft H


    seanie500 wrote: »
    last weekend i broke a spoke at the end of a spin. it is broken at the hub end.

    how do you go about replacing it? can you buy one yourself and fix or do i need to bring it into an LBS.

    Also any reccomendations for getting bike serviced (Dublin location)

    Thanks


    I would be questioning as to why the spoke broke? Is the tension uneven on the rest of them?


  • #4
    seanie500
    Closed Accounts Posts: 263 ✭✭seanie500


    thanks lads

    The other spokes are fine they are not loose. is it ok to go for a spin with one spoke missing? wont get to a bike shop till monday


  • #5
    piston
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 523 ✭✭✭piston


    If it's a traditional 36 spoke wheel and is still true, I would say so if you're gentle on it. If it's one of the modern wheels with very few spokes, I wouldn't.

    I've had single spokes break in wheels with no issues with the others. Factory built wheels often have widely varying spoke tension.


  • #6
    meercat
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,828 ✭✭✭meercat


    if you are near blanchardstown,these boys sorted my buckled wheel and replaced a spoke for €15
    brilliant service
    http://www.cyclezone.ie/


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  • #7
    seanie500
    Closed Accounts Posts: 263 ✭✭seanie500


    meercat wrote: »
    if you are near blanchardstown,these boys sorted my buckled wheel and replaced a spoke for €15
    brilliant service
    http://www.cyclezone.ie/

    i am actually
    thanks for that will try em


  • #8
    meercat
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,828 ✭✭✭meercat


    found out about them on this thread
    others mentioned too
    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?threadid=2056411572

    justin sorted mine in cyclezone
    top man and if it was urgent i think he would have done it within the hour for me
    i collected it next day


  • #9
    Surveyor11
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,036 ✭✭✭Surveyor11


    yeah, second the cyclezone guys, they've sorted out standard and bladed spoke wheels for me.


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