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    rusty
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    I finally got a Coker, and a good one too. I got one of the last GB
    frames and a wheel with Airfoil rim and UDC Extra Wide Coker Hub, it is
    beautiful.

    I found it alot easier to ride than I feared. I rode up a pretty steep
    hill on the first try (it came with 170 mm cranks installed, I ordered
    150s and 125s too).

    I have one problem, some of the spokes are really loose, and the spokes
    in general are quite loose. Should the spokes on a Coker seem looser,
    because of the bigger wheel? When i rode it to my LBS he thought I
    should tighten all the spokes. Should I tighten all my spokes and how
    should I do it without ruining the wheel? I guess I should tighten the
    loosest spokes first, but how much?

    Rusty
    Norway

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  2. One on one
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    You should definitely tighten up the spokes. Have it done right away or
    you will end up with broken spokes and possibly a ruined wheel. They
    should be very tight.

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  3. fcwegnm0b
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    I'm jealous🙁

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  4. DarkTom
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    Thats a sweet coker!

    I've been looking into doing mine up after I bent the hub. Why do
    cokeurs usually fit the extra-wide hub? Mine is a Qu-Ax and the hub is
    no wider than the hub on my trials uni. Is the Coker frame wider than
    the Qu-Ax?

    Nice machine anyway, man!

    T.

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  5. DustinMichels
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    That really IS a sweet coker, nice one mate!

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  6. James_Potter
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    yes, that is a beeautiful coker. Get the spokes tightened....They
    should be as tight on a coker as on any other wheel.

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  7. unidaddy
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    DarkTom said:

    *Why do cokeurs usually fit the extra-wide hub? Mine is a Qu-Ax and
    the hub is no wider than the hub on my trials uni. Is the Coker frame
    wider than the Qu-Ax?

    T. *

    I'm no expert, but I think that the wider hub is just a desired upgrade
    to add some lateral stability to an inherently weak (because of the big
    diameter) wheel. I think that the stock coker frame is bendable to
    accept the bigger hub. I have also read of people taking more exact
    approaches to making the frame accomodate the wide hub.

    I'm on the bandwagon with that being one fine looking machine.

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  8. goldenchicken II
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    Yay! Another Coker in Scandinavia. If you have never trued a bicycle
    wheel before let a good bike shop do it for you. If the big wheel
    doesn't fit their truing stand they can do the job using the frame as
    truing stand.

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  9. goldenchicken II
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    Rusty, did you manage to fix those spokes?

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  10. leeman180
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    Awesome 36"er, Im lovin the Dark Blue color.

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  11. rusty
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    goldenchicken II said:

    *Rusty, did you manage to fix those spokes? *

    Yes, it is really tight now. The guy at my LBS did three rounds of
    tightening so it was pretty loose.

    I love riding my new Coker, I'm getting more and more confident and
    going faster and faster.

    Rusty
    Norway

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