Timeline for One broken spoke = warped wheel
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| Oct 10, 2015 at 20:26 | vote | accept | Dagon | ||
| Oct 10, 2015 at 20:26 | comment | added | Dagon | thanks , all i guess there are to many unknowns to say the cause was X the advise has helped me | |
| Oct 10, 2015 at 12:15 | comment | added | Daniel R Hicks | It's not at all unusual for a single broken spoke to cause a wheel to warp badly enough that it causes the brakes to drag. I've had this happen on 36-spoke wheels, and it's even more likely as spoke count decreases. A temporary "limp home" fix is either to open the brake caliper (being aware that you will then have no brakes on that wheel) or release tension from the two adjacent spokes (using a spoke wrench). There are also emergency spoke kits made, containing a cable "spoke" that can be used to replace the broken one. | |
| Oct 10, 2015 at 8:47 | comment | added | andy256 | Kind of bike = hybrid. Make = Scott. Model = Sportster 50. Number of spokes? | |
| Oct 10, 2015 at 7:44 | comment | added | Criggie♦ | How many spokes on the rear wheel? Could be 32 or 36 for a "normal" bike, but could be fewer if its sporty. The more spokes you have, the less work each spoke does. In the extreme wheels that have 20 down to 8 spokes, each one has to deal with a large area of rim, so 1/20 going will warp the wheel more than 1/36 spokes. | |
| Oct 10, 2015 at 6:56 | history | edited | dlu | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Oct 10, 2015 at 6:54 | answer | added | dlu | timeline score: 2 | |
| Oct 10, 2015 at 5:49 | comment | added | Dagon | scott sportster 50, rear wheel original wheel about 5 years old. i was on the road when it happened - large bang. just surprised when so many threads say one spoke is no issue, maybe i hit a rock | |
| Oct 10, 2015 at 5:36 | comment | added | andy256 | What kind of bike? Front or back wheel? How many spokes? Have you hit anything lately? | |
| Oct 10, 2015 at 5:05 | history | asked | Dagon | CC BY-SA 3.0 |