broken spoke

[chonkers]

hi everyone
noticed my whell was a bit wobbly on sat on way to work just had a go at truing wheel a bit and noticed a busted spoke.my question is as i cant get to bike shop till next weekend will i cause any damage using for work about 20 miles a day or just leave it and get bus in for week until i can get it repaired.
not sure if it makes a difference but bike is a rockhopper comp 2009 with 26/1.50 nimbus tyres on.

thanks for looking

ian

 

[PatrickPending]

Rear wheel? Drive side? I'd not (for 20 miles a day - a bit far) - I'd replace the spoke myself though you may find (on cheaper wheels) that you'll be having broken spokes fairly regularly on that wheel. Easy enouggh to replace them/true yourself, I guess I'm just saying bike shops can charge quite a bit (5 - 9 pounds) for this and you'll be visiting them fairly often

 

[chonkers]

front wheel first one ive had in over 4000miles cant get to the bike shop till next weekend either to buy a replacement looks like i will have to be lazy and get the bus to work so are the whells cheapy then or could it of snapped since putting skinny tyres on and state or roads etc

cheers

ian

 

[Rob3rt]

What wheels are they?

No-one can really say if they are cheap (poor quality or not) because one spoke has snapped without knowing what the wheel (or what type of wheel) is, freak accidents happen, even on the best equipment there is the possibility for something going wrong. Less likely but it can happen.

The roads are a mess recently though, maybe you hit a pot hole?

 

[chonkers]

Specialized Stout 26 inch, Double wall disc, Pinned, Eyelets, 28/32 hole rims after reading up a lot are saying there a cheap wheel so could be the problem

cheers

ian

 

[PatrickPending]

if its a front wheel replacing the spoke is a doddle, just take the broken one to the bike shop and get one the same length replace and true as per many articles on the interweb - should cost you about 70p

 

[Ivan Ardon]

Buy a few of the same size if it's rear, drive side. Once one goes, I've found that a few more will ping soon.

 

[swee'pea99]

...in the meantime, personally I'd have no problems riding with one broken spoke for a week (assuming the others are sound). In my iggerant yoof, I routinely did it for months on end. How did your 'attempt at truing it' go?

 

[chonkers]

my attempt at truing wheel was.......rubbish lol would say its worse now to be honest think its a trip to edinburgh cycles asap and let them do it may even by a truing stand and practice with the sons bso.bought a tool kit and haynes manual as do need to start learning how to replace parts etc as dont want to keep going to bike shop

thanks for everyones advice so far

ian

 

[Rob3rt]

Edinbrough Cycles run workshops that show you how to build and true wheels, may be worth looking into it.

 

[chonkers]

cheers mate was looking into the workshops last nite and dropping a few hints to girlfriend as birthday is coming up for what use it is dropping hints for a new bike fell on deaf ears

cheers

ian