Long time lurker/first time poster :-). Anyway, I recently bought a GT Aggressor for light offroad (towpaths/country tracks etc) use. Ive had it 2 months and Ive recenlty had two spokes fail on me on the rear wheel. The first one went afew days ago, I replaced it and trued up the wheel as best as I could. Today another one went.
They seem to shear off at the hub end.So my questions are.
Should I bother to replace the spoke again or will this just make it more likely that another one will fail. I'm guessing there is an art to spoke replacment/wheel building. or just buy a new (decent) rear wheel and stop messing around.
Long time lurker/first time poster :-). Anyway, I recently bought a GT Aggressor for light offroad (towpaths/country tracks etc) use. Ive had it 2 months and Ive recenlty had two spokes fail on me on the rear wheel. The first one went afew days ago, I replaced it and trued up the wheel as best as I could. Today another one went.
They seem to shear off at the hub end.So my questions are.
Should I bother to replace the spoke again or will this just make it more likely that another one will fail. I'm guessing there is an art to spoke replacment/wheel building. or just buy a new (decent) rear wheel and stop messing around.
It's quite likely that another spoke will fail since three have gone already. If it was just one, maybe two, I would replace the broken spokes and carry on with the rest after stress relieving* them. This case, I think you're better off replacing the whole lot, or getting another wheel with more spokes if you think that will help.
The wheel wasn't built well enough or doesn't have enough or good enough spokes for you.
It's quite likely that another spoke will fail since three have gone already. If it was just one, maybe two, I would replace the broken spokes and carry on with the rest after stress relieving* them. This case, I think you're better off replacing the whole lot, or getting another wheel with more spokes if you think that will help.
The wheel wasn't built well enough or doesn't have enough or good enough spokes for you.
My money's on insufficient spoke tension. You're probably right, Pete, but if it were my wheel I'd give it one more chance after tensioning it up properly and stress-relieving. There's a chance that any fatigued spokes will break at this stage and any that survive the process will be OK.
Noodles, remember that spokes can fly out of the wheel if they break while you're tensioning them so leave the rim tape on and keep your eyes out of the line of fire.
My money's on insufficient spoke tension. You're probably right, Pete, but if it were my wheel I'd give it one more chance after tensioning it up properly and stress-relieving. There's a chance that any fatigued spokes will break at this stage and any that survive the process will be OK.
I had an unexpected response from Jobst Brandt once (via r.b.t). He seemed to suggest that low tension doesn't make spokes more likely to break, just makes the wheel weak.
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My money's on insufficient spoke tension. You're probably right, Pete, but if it were my wheel I'd give it one more chance after tensioning it up properly and stress-relieving. There's a chance that any fatigued spokes will break at this stage and any that survive the process will be OK.
I had an unexpected response from Jobst Brandt once (via r.b.t). He seemed to suggest that low tension doesn't make spokes more likely to break, just makes the wheel weak.
~PB
Thanks for all the help guy's, ill give it one more try, if another one goes ill get a new one
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Thanks for all the help guy's, ill give it one more try, if another one
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ill get a new one
Did you buy the bike new from a local shop? If so it's a warranty job IMO, spokes shouldn't break in normal use. If you bought it new by mail order or in person from a distant shop you have to weigh up the logistics of returning the wheel for repair/replacement.
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Thanks for all the help guy's, ill give it one more try, if another one
goes
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ill get a new one
Did you buy the bike new from a local shop? If so it's a warranty job IMO, spokes shouldn't break in normal use. If you bought it new by mail order or in person from a distant shop you have to weigh up the logistics of returning the wheel for repair/replacement.
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thats a good point, didn't think of that. It was mail order, but ill look into sending the wheel back, might make work out cheaper, cheers
