Ok, 4 broken spokes in 3 months, I'm utterly sick of it.
It's a fairly basic 26" wheel on the back of my Giant Yukon.. I suppose it cops a bit of a beating through 90 PSI slicks on pretty rough paths, and the disc brake would increase the stresses though the spokes..
But I never had a single broken spoke in my other ~10 years of cycling, so I think the wheel is borked.
What option what you recommend - a new wheel or getting this one rebuilt?
How much $ am I up for either way?
I'm in Melb - recommended places to go for either option?
Ok, 4 broken spokes in 3 months, I'm utterly sick of it.
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But I never had a single broken spoke in my other ~10 years of cycling, so I think the wheel is borked.
Probably (badly) machine built and not looked at by our LBS before sale.
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What option what you recommend - a new wheel or getting this one rebuilt?
I'd say rebuild, *much* cheaper then a new wheel and you know you're getting a good wheel that's been looked at by a human. buying a pre-made new wheel who knows what you're going to get.
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How much $ am I up for either way?
I'm in Melb - recommended places to go for either option?
about $70ish for the rebuild (I recomend Abbotsford cycles under the Richmond Train Station on Swan St.), or if you live near Brunswick come to the Bike shed at CERES on Friday or Saturday and we'll teach you how to rebuild it yourself. If you do decide to come to CERES Friday would be the better day as it's a lot quiter and it'd be worth while buying spokes before hand as our supply of new spokes are from the days of westwood rims and will be *way* to long for a 26'' wheel.
What option what you recommend - a new wheel or getting this one rebuilt?
I had the same issue with very basic wheels on my Trek, ended up getting it rebuilt with DT spokes which set me back about seventy bucks, proceeded to put 40,000kms on them with nary a wobble.
On the other hand the new wheelset I replaced them with cost $440 for the set. They haven't gone out of true at all in the 25,000 odd kms I've used them, however they were hand built and the Alex wheels weren't.
Ok, 4 broken spokes in 3 months, I'm utterly sick of it.
It's a fairly basic 26" wheel on the back of my Giant Yukon.. I suppose it cops a bit of a beating through 90 PSI slicks on pretty rough paths, and the disc brake would increase the stresses though the spokes..
Not significantly. The wheel's badly made and/or made out of junk spokes.
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But I never had a single broken spoke in my other ~10 years of cycling, so I think the wheel is borked.
What option what you recommend - a new wheel or getting this one rebuilt?
Rebuild is the cheapest option. Should cost around $70 or so with good DT spokes.
I had the same issue with very basic wheels on my Trek, ended up getting it rebuilt with DT spokes which set me back about seventy bucks, proceeded to put 40,000kms on them with nary a wobble.
On the other hand the new wheelset I replaced them with cost $440 for the set. They haven't gone out of true at all in the 25,000 odd kms I've used them, however they were hand built and the Alex wheels weren't.
I'd say go the re-build.
ditto...rebuild
if you are down south and not up to doing it yourself ( which is something well worthwhile learning so the CERES tip sounds great ) I can recommend Hampton Cycles in Hampton St Hampton (repetitive what!)..they do a lot of off road there (have a huge Specialised range too) and know their stuff. I get my road, track and hybrid wheels repaired there whenever the need arises (which fortunately isnt too often ) and am happy with service price and quality of work.
Ok, 4 broken spokes in 3 months, I'm utterly sick of it. <slight snip>
I'm in Melb - recommended places to go for either option?
Cheers, Jules
I was contemplating much the same thing. I have an ancient Shogun Metro SE with similar wheels. The front one is the original, El Cheapo Singapore, but the rear is an Australian-made Velocity with stainless steel spokes. But both have seen better days, the original hubs have probably had it, and both rims are `bowing' under the outward tyre pressure. So I've been talking to my own favourite LBS, old Ray at Burwood Bicycles out this side of the city, and he advises me to get `off the shelf' pre-built wheels for about $80 each. This will be checked into carefully when the time comes, as I'd like to investigate the quality of the wheels. But as a solution this seems reasonable. And yes, I twanged a few spokes in the rear wheel before I ditched it, a long time ago now.
