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Can you cycle with a broken spoke?
| russelllunn | 05 Jan 13:41 |
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Joined: 04 Jan 2011 Posts: 9 Bike: | On the way back from work heard a twang and felt the back wheel go a bit funny. Stopped and realised the wheel wasn't true any more. Checked and a spoke has gone. problem is that I can't get it to the LBS before the weekend and I rely on it to get to work at the moment. Not rubbing too much on the brake but not sure whether it'll do any more damage if I keep riding it. |
smithie 
| 05 Jan 19:07 |
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Joined: 22 Sep 2010 Posts: 13 Bike: My Profile | The one thing you must do apparently is to disconnect the back brake. I'm told that if you don't do this the wheel very quickly loses it's shape to the point of no repair. I had the same thing happen and I didn't disconnect the brake soon enough, the wheel went egg-shaped!! |
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krazykayaker
| 06 Jan 08:14 |
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 Joined: 20 Apr 2009 Posts: 112 Bike: My Profile | If the wheel feels different and is rubbing the brake it is already out of shape I wouldn't ride on it |
| My Latest Route: Jan 2010 Corley Circular via Fillongley and Ash Green | |
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dudley
| 06 Jan 08:33 |
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Joined: 16 Jan 2009 Posts: 498 Bike: My Profile | i lost a spoke miles from anywhere last year. for each spoke pulling one way, there's a spoke pulling the other. I loosened the opposing spokes (one each side) marginally, and this seemed to help keep it true-ish to get home. |
| My Latest Route: Nov 2009 Forth Estuary Circular | |
| russelllunn | 06 Jan 16:15 |
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Joined: 04 Jan 2011 Posts: 9 Bike: | Many thanks...borrowed a bike for the next couple of days off a mate and will get it sorted by the LBS at the weekend (although they said that they are going to have to send off for the correct size spoke!). |
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