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    Uniextreme
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    Hey all,

    I was downtown today practicin my grindin when pop! I broke
    a spoke🙁 . What should I do because isnt the whole wheel
    weakened when im missing a spoke? Thanks all.

    Brian-

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  2. Uniextreme
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    come one james and guest i know your out there:eek:

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  3. Harper
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    Replace it. Spokes cost all of $0.50 most places.

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    whiskey and condoms." -J.D. Miller

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  4. Uniextreme
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    Ya thats what I was going to do except when people are
    talking about rebuilding a wheel it sounds pretty technical
    so do I need to do all that stuff or could I just put it on
    and tighten it?

    Thanks- Brian

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  5. Harper
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    Buy a spoke and a cheap spoke wrench.

    Remove the tire and tube. Pull back or remove the rim strip.
    Unscrew the spoke nipple and pull out the spoke.

    Thread the new spoke through the hole in the hub so that it
    is laced just like the old one was or just like one of its
    neighbors that is done from the same side and in the same
    direction. Don't worry about bending the spoke to make it
    fit throughout the lacing process, the tension applied later
    will straighten it.

    Put the nipple through the hole in the rim, screw it onto
    the spoke, and tighten it.

    Mark this spoke with a piece of tape.

    Tighten or loosen this spoke as required to make the wheel
    true again. Use the frame as a truing stand. If it's a steel
    frame, use magnets to hold a small piece of steel, like a
    metal rule, to the frame to use as a guide.

    Put everything else back together.

    Don't rub your spokes when you grind.

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    whiskey and condoms." -J.D. Miller

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    James_Potter

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  6. Sockmonster
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    Harper, and I mean this sincerely, you rock.

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  7. Chirokid
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    harper said:

    * Don't rub your spokes when you grind. *

    And he throws in some good Fatherly advice for free. --chirokid--

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