The damage a broken spoke can do...

secretsam
secretsam Posts: 5,120
edited February 2008 in Commuting chat
Pulled up at lights, muppet on a foldie pulls ahead of me, so when lights go green and we both turn right I overtake. Suddenly, back of bike slews across the road, almost taking me down (not funny on the Gray's Inn Road). Thought at first the foldie d1ck had hit me.

Anyway, pull over to side to see what's up...and the rear mech's in the wheel.

Seems (I think) that a spoke on the freewheel side popped, caught the mech and pulled it into the wheel. Bent the gear hanger as well.

Will assess the damage later, may be redeemable, rear mech (old non-SIS 105) seems still functional but is bent a lot...

The foldie tw%t didn't stop to check I was OK, surprise surprise.

How long can I ride with a spoke down on a 36 hole rim, and how much to fix it? It's an old bike on 27" wheels so a new wheel will mean a new wheelset...plus tyres, tubes, cassette, chain...
It's just a hill. Get over it.

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  • Random Vince
    Random Vince Posts: 11,374
    should last with a spoke missing for a fair while.

    might need to tweek the wheel to make sure tension is ok round it.

    i've ridden with missing spokes a fair bit, but that was on mountain bikes
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  • secretsam
    secretsam Posts: 5,120
    OK, but I've got a bent gear hanger as well...sigh...
    It's just a hill. Get over it.
  • el_presidente
    el_presidente Posts: 1,963
    I've broken a spoke twice and the wheel went badly out of true very quickly
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  • secretsam
    secretsam Posts: 5,120
    Yeah, I've bitten the bullet and booked it into Condor for some TLC

    The gear hanger can be bent back, and I don't think the rear mech is too badly damaged, anyway a new one (say a Sora) is only £20 or so
    It's just a hill. Get over it.
  • andyp
    andyp Posts: 10,576
    Is it karma for being so abusive about someone on a folding bike?
  • redddraggon
    redddraggon Posts: 10,862
    SecretSam wrote:
    Yeah, I've bitten the bullet and booked it into Condor for some TLC

    The gear hanger can be bent back, and I don't think the rear mech is too badly damaged, anyway a new one (say a Sora) is only £20 or so

    You should be able to pick up a Sora mech from CRC, for about a tenner.

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  • gtvlusso
    gtvlusso Posts: 5,112
    Glad your okay dude! I lost one on my Rockhopper last month - had to cycle with a buckled wheel for 4 miles! I looked like a right tw@t.....
  • t4tomo
    t4tomo Posts: 2,643
    I agree with Andy P. If you hadn't been so full of anger that a foldy was quicker off the lights than you, it might never had happened.

    :D

    Only joking hope there is no serious damage.
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  • secretsam
    secretsam Posts: 5,120
    t4tomo wrote:
    I agree with Andy P. If you hadn't been so full of anger that a foldy was quicker off the lights than you, it might never had happened.

    He wasn't quicker than me - he mightily consumed my dust...for about 20 yards :roll:
    It's just a hill. Get over it.

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