Ride with broken spoke?
sem69
Posts: 106
I've got (yet another!) broken spoke on my rear wheel. Should I ride home on it (9 miles)? Or will that knacker the wheel more? It's quite out of true already.
(Can't fix it myself as it's drive side and I haven't got the tools, and can't get it fixed in the LBS until monday).
Cheers
(Can't fix it myself as it's drive side and I haven't got the tools, and can't get it fixed in the LBS until monday).
Cheers
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how many spokes? 1
Is it fouling the brakes? yes, but I could probably straighten it out a bit with a spoke wrench0 -
I've ridden with a single broken spoke before, it shouldn't be problem. If 2 go though the wheel may start to go quite wonkyDo not write below this line. Office use only.0
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I;ve ridden around with 5 or 6 broken spokes when I was a student. The handling was weird and eventually the rim did this:
I think one should be fine for that distance!
I also rode a bike home when the frame had snapped at the rear dropout. Very carefully.0 -
sorry by number of spokes i mean in the whole wheel!
1 out of 24 is an issue, out of 40 i doubt you'd notice.
I'd straighten and ride it home because i'm lazy like that. Or at least slacken off the brake and true the wheel as little as possible.0 -
I eventually discovered that the speed wobble I was getting on my MTB was due to the disc side spokes being loose, all of them.Do Nellyphants count?
Commuter: FCN 9
Cheapo Roadie: FCN 5
Off Road: FCN 11
+1 when I don't get round to shaving for x days0 -
I broke a spoke on NKR the other night, and the wheel immediately went 1/2" out of true. Luckily there's a LBS along there (Mend a Bike, I think) and they whipped my freewheel off there and then.
My light fell off last night in exactly the same place (locknut obviously hadn't done its job). I stopped and then couldn't get my foot out of the pedal because one of the screws holding my cleat had fallen off.
If this continues I am going to have to consider a different route...Pannier, 120rpm.0