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The_Blackshear
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 Posted: Fri 26th Sep 8:13pm Post subject: Broken Spokes... New Wheel Time?? |
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Hey people, this question coming out from someone with a pretty limited knowledge of bike repair.
I have a Kona Stuff which I've been using for XC, and a few small jumps, drops and stuff. probably would be better off with a full suspension bike, but I'm not in the position to change bikes at the moment. Anyway...
I noticed I had one broken spoke (rear wheel) after a day out at woodhill a few days back.
Stupidly, i forgot about it, and went for a 'relatively' demanding ride today going off some 1m drops onto flat concrete.
After a few repeats, I noticed a not-so-pretty sound, and looked down and saw 4 more spokes had just snapped (rear wheel). Pretty much all the spokes are ridiculously loose now.
So just looking for some advice... would I be able to get a few replacement spokes and somehow tighten everything up?
Or would I want to be looking at a new wheel?
I really need the rear of my bike to be in good shape as it gets a bit of a thrashing for a hardtail.
Cheers for the help, much appreciated.
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ants06
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| Posted: Fri 26th Sep 8:15pm Post subject: |
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just take it to your lbs they will be able to fix it up , spokes are cheap less than $2? each if that + fitting etc
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Spokes
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| Posted: Fri 26th Sep 8:15pm Post subject: |
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You need to get the wheel rebuilt with new spokes. The old ones would have been overstressed now.
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ants06
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| Posted: Fri 26th Sep 8:16pm Post subject: |
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| Spokes wrote: | | You need to get the wheel rebuilt with new spokes. The old ones would have been overstressed now. |
 opps , def a better idea 
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Screwface
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| Posted: Fri 26th Sep 8:22pm Post subject: |
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mate just get a new wheel, a rebuild will cost you upwards of $100 anyway, and im picking your bearings will be shagged too if you have been hitting it that hard
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The_Blackshear
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| Posted: Fri 26th Sep 8:22pm Post subject: |
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How about rebuilding wheel vs. buying a new wheel? (cost)
I think it's the stock wheel it came with at the moment... I wouldn't know if it would be worth trying to get a 'better quality' wheel which would handle a bit more strain...?
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specializedman
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| Posted: Fri 26th Sep 8:24pm Post subject: |
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When some spokes snap, its a safe bet the rest are shagged.
Get new spokes.
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ants06
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| Posted: Fri 26th Sep 8:24pm Post subject: |
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depends what your willing to spend? i think its about $60 for a rebuild(last time i had one done) or you could be looking at $250+ for some thing stronger
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Spokes
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| Posted: Fri 26th Sep 8:26pm Post subject: |
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Being Spokes I know a bit about Spokes.
I would normally charge $50 Labour and $1.50 to $2 a spoke.
Get someone who knows about wheels to have a look at it. It could just be that you have rubbish spokes, which at the moment is quite common.
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The_Blackshear
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| Posted: Fri 26th Sep 8:29pm Post subject: |
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Cheers for the help. I'll consult the lbs tomorrow
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kcids-naughty-account
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| Posted: Fri 26th Sep 8:37pm Post subject: |
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hucks to flat are bound to be a wheel breaker. get a new wheel, and also somewhere else to ride
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The_Blackshear
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| Posted: Sun 28th Sep 3:24pm Post subject: Update |
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Out of curiosity, I just replaced the broken spokes so it appeared to be fine.
However, as soon as I went off the same drop-off, two other spokes immediately snapped.
I guess my question is, if I get the wheel re-constructed (or even buy a new wheel)... will it be able to handle going off there without just snapping again?
I don't want to spend a couple of hundred dollars to be back where I started.
'Should' a Kona Stuff be able to handle meter drops to ground??
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kcids-naughty-account
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| Posted: Sun 28th Sep 3:30pm Post subject: |
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no bike is really designed to be jumped onto the flat. only a BMX really.
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fraserb
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| Posted: Sun 28th Sep 3:30pm Post subject: RE: Update |
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| The_Blackshear wrote: | | 'Should' a Kona Stuff be able to handle meter drops to ground?? |
no
any bike being repetadly dropped hard 1m to flat will eventually break somewhere.
prob lucky its only your spokes that are breaking
maybe you could get a super strong DH wheelset and go back and do your drops to flat so you can break the frame next?
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ac_sknight
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| Posted: Sun 28th Sep 3:30pm Post subject: |
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drops to flat aren't really that good for wheels of any sort, if you dont destroy the spokes chances are that your bearings will be shot soon
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