Mavic Aksium spoke adjustment

Bassjunkieuk
Bassjunkieuk Posts: 4,232
edited May 2010 in The workshop
After replacing the chain, cassette and tyres on my bike today I was giving the wheels a clean and noticed I have one rather loose spoke on the non-drive side of my rear Aksium.

I tried tightening the spoke but it doesn't seem to have any effect and I thought I might have been going the wrong way so tried turning the other way but still not tightening up :-(

I thought it might be that it's so loose the nipple might be slipping in the rim so stripped the wheel down so I could remove the rim tape to have a look but couldn't see it behaving any different to other spokes if I gave them a small tweak. I did notice the spoke certainly wasn't as loose without the tyre/innertube on, presumably as with it pumped upto 100PSI it compresses the rim a bit!

Does anyone have any advice asides from leave it to the pro's? I'm not using the bike for commuting this week so can drop the wheel into a bike shop (Woking Evans) if need be......
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  • nicklouse
    nicklouse Posts: 50,673
    well they are straight pull spokes are they not? so you need yo hold them to stop rotation.
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  • Bassjunkieuk
    Bassjunkieuk Posts: 4,232
    nicklouse wrote:
    well they are straight pull spokes are they not? so you need yo hold them to stop rotation.

    That would make sense thinking about it......would pliers and card/something to protect the spoke, be best way to go?
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  • nicklouse
    nicklouse Posts: 50,673
    it is a way to hold them. the mavic tool is basically a slot cut in some alloy.

    something you dont have to put pressure on would be best.

    EG:

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  • mudcovered
    mudcovered Posts: 725
    Bassjunkieuk wrote:
    nicklouse wrote:
    well they are straight pull spokes are they not? so you need yo hold them to stop rotation.

    That would make sense thinking about it......would pliers and card/something to protect the spoke, be best way to go?

    That worked for me when I was tweaking the spokes on mine. Just make sure that the spoke nipple is moving freely before you apply a lot of force or you can easily put a twist in the spoke. I suspect a notch cut in a small piece of wood might work as well.

    Mike
  • Bassjunkieuk
    Bassjunkieuk Posts: 4,232
    Looks like I'm going to be leaving this to the pro's!
    The ride this morning was going swimmingly until I walloped a rock on a descent, cue a rather instantaneous deflation of the rear tyre :-(
    After replacing the tube and carrying on down the hill the wheel was making a new rattling noise, further inspection shows 2 loose spokes now :cry:
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