Lost all spoke tension
TheNorthernTrain
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Recently purchased some new wheels and have fitted only the rear wheel, I have been checking the spokes after every ride as a friend suggested some might come a little loose after a bit of wearing in. (I'd probably done 3/4 short rides at the most but giving the wheel quite a hammering)
So today I went out for a longer ride and halfway round I felt the back wheel squirming slightly, I checked it out and all the spokes had worked loose, is this severity normal for new wheels?
Is it something I need to take up with the shop it was bought from or is it a case of get them retensioned and I'm good to go? Checked the rim and there doesn't seem to be any wobble in it so I presume I stopped before I caused any damage.
I'm scared to fit the front now incase the same happens.
Any help is much appreciated.
So today I went out for a longer ride and halfway round I felt the back wheel squirming slightly, I checked it out and all the spokes had worked loose, is this severity normal for new wheels?
Is it something I need to take up with the shop it was bought from or is it a case of get them retensioned and I'm good to go? Checked the rim and there doesn't seem to be any wobble in it so I presume I stopped before I caused any damage.
I'm scared to fit the front now incase the same happens.
Any help is much appreciated.
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just get them re-tensioned... It can happen, should have the tension checked on new wheel after a few rides.0
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Back to where you got them from0
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Back to where you got them from0
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Happened to me a few weeks after I got my new bike, they all went loose after riding the (old) red route at Llandegla forest.
I took it back to the LBS and they retensioned it as a goodwill gesture but implied it was my fault for riding it too much
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Shouldn't do that, take/send it back....after all every new bike doesn't need both wheels redoing after a few rides, even BSO's are better than that!Currently riding a Whyte T130C, X0 drivetrain, Magura Trail brakes converted to mixed wheel size (homebuilt wheels) with 140mm Fox 34 Rhythm and RP23 suspension. 12.2Kg.0
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Shouldn't happen.
Probably means the spokes were too loose to start with, ie defective.0 -
What are the wheels?A Flock of Birds
+ some other bikes.0 -
benpinnick wrote:What are the wheels?
Those round things underneath the frame and fork
Sorry couldnt resist. 0
