Damn Buckled Wheel

NWLondoner
NWLondoner Posts: 2,047
edited August 2007 in The bottom bracket
Hi everyone.

I have been off a bike for quite a while and this morning i dusted off my Claud Butler 300 and went for a nice early morning ride. Only to discover that my rear wheel seems to be slightly buckled, I noticed this when going downhill at around 20mph and the read of the bike started to shake.

Now i have only used this a few times and when not in use is stored on my balcony with a plastic bike cover. It faces east and is in the direct sunlight for most of the morning, could this have caused this defect?

I will have to go to my local Evans to get it checked

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  • fossyant
    fossyant Posts: 2,549
    Unlikely - something has probably fallen on the wheel when 'parked', buckled on the last ride, or buckled today at some point.
  • SteveR_100Milers
    SteveR_100Milers Posts: 5,987
    sounds like a broken spoke to be that bad, or its massively ou0t of true. Both are simple cheap jobs for a bike shop even the one you mention.. :wink:
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  • steve23
    steve23 Posts: 2,202
    my wheel buckled during a 10TT last wednesday! a mavic aksium, i thought they were bomb proof!!?? ive only had them 5 months!!! and i havent/didnt hit anything hard!!!

    anyway, i didnt realise until after i had finished that the spoke had gone, i rode the last 5 miles with the back brake on!

    was a killer!!
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  • NWLondoner
    NWLondoner Posts: 2,047
    cheers for all replies.

    will try to get down to local (non evans) broadway bikes hendon bike shop next weekend

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