Mechanics and Fixing Any Questions Answered

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ketsbaia

Clearly the awesome power in my legs was too much for two of my rear wheel spokes this morning, one of which is bent and the other snapped at the hub. Is this a piss-easy fix? Two spare spokes, bung them in, true the wheel and away you go? Or should I consider whether the entire wheel is up to what I put it through (light acceleration away from a corner with a very lightly loaded pannier on the rack), bite the bullet and replace? FWIW, I'll be touring on this bike, so I'd like to not have to fix spokes again in future.

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Dogtemple in reply to @ketsbaia

The spokes are an easy fix, as you described but my experience of breaking spokes is that more break later down the line. It’s usually due to crap quality spokes more than anything. Either replace the spokes or the whole wheel. Decent tough spokes are not expensive but can take a while if you haven’t done the job before.

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ketsbaia in reply to @Dogtemple

My suspicion is the spokes are crap. Not an old wheel by any stretch and it wasn't under that much stress when I heard the dreaded ping. And no, I haven't done this before, so the idea of replacing the lot with decent tough spokes isn't appealing.