broken spoke

12 Mar 2005 13:40:53 -0800,
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Quoted message said:

Hi,

I've just got a broken spoke on the rear wheel of my hybrid bike.
The wheel is slightly not true -- it was not like this before.
Would replacing the broken spoke be enough? Or the wheel would
heve to be trued?

Thanks.

Andy

It will most likely need to be trued. Replacing one spoke and bringing
it up to tension isn't the easiest job if you don't already know the
principles of wheel building.

If it's the stock machine-built wheel, it probably needs to be
tensioned and stress-relieved all around unless your LBS took the time
to do that before delivering the bike. Get them to do the front too.
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On 12 Mar 2005 13:40:53 -0800, [email hidden] wrote in message
<[email hidden]>:

Quoted message said:

I've just got a broken spoke on the rear wheel of my hybrid bike.
The wheel is slightly not true -- it was not like this before.
Would replacing the broken spoke be enough? Or the wheel would
heve to be trued?

In my experience broken spokes are very often the result of an overall
problem. If you have a wheel which has been hand-built, or at least
stress relieved and tensioned by hand, broken spokes are much less
likely. For much less likely read: I have had precisely one in 25
years, and that on a small wheel with acute spoke angles and high
tensions.

So I would get the wheel fettled by a proper wheelbuilder. Then, all
else being equal, you won't need to do the same again :-)

Guy
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