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Locust
Dusty
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I have a broken spoke in my rear wheel, is it ok to ride on just to get it to the shop? I thought about fixing it myself but that whole "trueing the wheel" thing looks like too much work!
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kcids-naughty-account
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| Posted: Tue 1st Jul 3:33pm Post subject: |
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if its a mtb itll be schweet
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crazychris
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| Posted: Tue 1st Jul 3:35pm Post subject: |
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I have ridden several km over gravel roads on a broken spoke. So long as you are gentle, it'll be fine, however, the more you ride it, the more likely it's gonna break others and buckle worse. I would only ride on it if it was necessary or you really didn't give a damn.
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Flyboy
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| Posted: Tue 1st Jul 3:52pm Post subject: |
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Oh oh oh!! wheres Dented with the pic he took of my wheel last sunday?! 
any more than one broken spoke, just go get it fixed, its not worth the risk of damageing your rim
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Locust
Dusty
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| Posted: Tue 1st Jul 3:57pm Post subject: |
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I just want to ride it far enough to get it fixed - but I'd hate for my wheel to explode going down Ngaio gorge!
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Nick_K
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| Posted: Tue 1st Jul 3:59pm Post subject: |
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I'm sure you'll be find to ride it to the LBS.
Just don't huck to many kerbs.
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musket
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| Posted: Tue 1st Jul 3:59pm Post subject: |
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You can, but slowly, particularly under braking. I'd go very, very lightly down Ngaio!
I just rode home with a wheel that failed completely through the join. Had to jump on it a bit to get it to run through my fork.
I'll be building a new one tonight.
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Locust
Dusty
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| Posted: Tue 1st Jul 4:06pm Post subject: |
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Cool, a gentle ride to work tomorrow then
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Chanting
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| Posted: Tue 1st Jul 4:10pm Post subject: |
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| musket wrote: | You can, but slowly, particularly under braking. I'd go very, very lightly down Ngaio!
I just rode home with a wheel that failed completely through the join. Had to jump on it a bit to get it to run through my fork.
I'll be building a new one tonight. |
I had a friend do exactly that just last week, and even worse it was his first ride out on his new bike. 
But yea like everyone else has said, ride gently.
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Friendly Llama
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My commuter bike is missing 2 spokes, I've been riding it for months 
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dh_winner
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| Posted: Tue 1st Jul 4:51pm Post subject: |
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a wheel can handle a few spokes gone providing the remaing one have about the right tension.
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tartgrandmother
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| Posted: Tue 1st Jul 4:57pm Post subject: |
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i finished off a BMX race day (4 races) on a broken spoke. seemed to work
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Oli
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| Posted: Tue 1st Jul 5:02pm Post subject: |
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| musket wrote: | You can, but slowly, particularly under braking. I'd go very, very lightly down Ngaio!
I just rode home with a wheel that failed completely through the join. Had to jump on it a bit to get it to run through my fork.
I'll be building a new one tonight. |
Uh oh! OTB followed by taco, eh? I hope the body isn't as hurt as the bike, bro!
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dented
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dh_winner
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| Posted: Tue 1st Jul 5:50pm Post subject: |
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thats a pretty good effort. I blew out 8 spokes in one run once. didint notice 6 of them until the wheel jamed at the bottom...
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