Triban 3 spokes
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cyberknight
As long as I breathe, I attack.
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- Land of confusion
I had similar to this a while ago with the stock wheels on a virtuoso , if they are unevenly tensioned it can lead to a game of chase the next broken spoke so i loosened the whole lot and got the wheel retrued from scratch.
fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
- Location
- South Manchester
You ideally need to measure an existing one, or indeed the broken one carefully, then order more. They are cheap wheels, and are usually upgraded after purchase.
Yellow Saddle
Guru
- Location
- Loch side.
Your spokes are breaking from premature metal fatigue which would not have happened had the wheel been stress-relieved after the build. It has nothing to do with uneven tension. That would have caused an out-of true wheel which could or could not, have been stress relieved. An out-of-true wheel can last a long time, even though it is wobbly, if it had been stress relieved.
Stress relieving a wheel is apparently a black art and many mass-produced wheels are not stress relieved. Find a wheelbuilder who understands the process (but good luck in finding out whether he really understands) and have the wheel rebuilt with new, double-butted spokes.
Metal fatigues doesn't happen to all the spokes at once. Some go before others, but the fact is, in a situation like yours, they're all damaged and will go one after the other. Thus, just putting in a new spoke each time is futile and frustrating.
I doubt the spokes in that wheel are of a poor quality (cheese, as someone claims). Nowadays there are only four manufacturers of quality spokes and most wheels use those. However, a spoke is only as good as the installer's hand.
Stress relieving a wheel is apparently a black art and many mass-produced wheels are not stress relieved. Find a wheelbuilder who understands the process (but good luck in finding out whether he really understands) and have the wheel rebuilt with new, double-butted spokes.
Metal fatigues doesn't happen to all the spokes at once. Some go before others, but the fact is, in a situation like yours, they're all damaged and will go one after the other. Thus, just putting in a new spoke each time is futile and frustrating.
I doubt the spokes in that wheel are of a poor quality (cheese, as someone claims). Nowadays there are only four manufacturers of quality spokes and most wheels use those. However, a spoke is only as good as the installer's hand.
Ajax Bay
Guru
- Location
- East Devon
If you don't take @Yellow Saddle 's wise counsel above for a 'wholesale job' (a new rear wheel might be an cheaper option given the quality I assume you have), much the easiest to get the right length spokes is to go to your LBS with one of the broken spokes you've kept. The LBS (I assume they've been replacing the broken spokes for you) will happily sell you some, and tell you what length they are.
markharry66
Guru
I have had quite few btwin bikes great bikes awful stock wheels. Best advice would be to go get yourself a new set of wheels.
I was forever getting spokes replaced;.
I was forever getting spokes replaced;.
martint235
Dog on a bike
- Location
- Welling
Find a decent wheelbuilder and get him to repair it. If you're feeling confident about repairing future ones yourself, ask him for spare spokes of the right size when you pick the wheel up and what size they are.
Just going to buy new wheels. I was looking at some Shimano RS10s online. Reviews seem pretty good and only £74 a pair on wiggle. I'm 6ft 5 and 17st so I'm a bit concerned about how robust they are with only 24spokes on the rear. Do u think they'll be a good upgrade?? Don't want to spend too much as the bike was only £300
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