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John Albergo
Guest
I recently had to replace a spoke and wasn't able to find the exact length pre-cut at the shop I
went to. However they did have a spoke-cutting device and I had a handful made up. The first spoke
popped during tensioning. I was able to put the wheel back into service with the second spoke, but
it broke after about 150 miles. I used my normal technique which includes lubrication of threads,
nipple, and eyelet along with stress relieving. Both of the replacement spokes broke in the threads.
Does anyone have experience with the relative durability of spokes produced by the shop device
(Park, I believe)? Aside from these being straight-gauge I'm wondering if there are potential
problems, perhaps due to wear, mis-operation, lubrication of the device, that would make such spokes
more suited to emergency or short-term replacements rather than permanent ones. Would you consider
informing the shop of the failures - perhaps there is something they need to examine?
went to. However they did have a spoke-cutting device and I had a handful made up. The first spoke
popped during tensioning. I was able to put the wheel back into service with the second spoke, but
it broke after about 150 miles. I used my normal technique which includes lubrication of threads,
nipple, and eyelet along with stress relieving. Both of the replacement spokes broke in the threads.
Does anyone have experience with the relative durability of spokes produced by the shop device
(Park, I believe)? Aside from these being straight-gauge I'm wondering if there are potential
problems, perhaps due to wear, mis-operation, lubrication of the device, that would make such spokes
more suited to emergency or short-term replacements rather than permanent ones. Would you consider
informing the shop of the failures - perhaps there is something they need to examine?