At a guess they probably replaced the broken spoke and trued the wheel up quickly. They should really have retensioned the whole wheel, but that takes longer. I would not now trust any of the existing spokes. If it were my wheel I'd replace them all. Either teach yourself how to do it (it's not as hard as it seems) or get the bike shop to do it, but make sure they treat it as a proper build and give the job to their wheel builder.
I made the mistake of taking my wheel in for broken spoke replacement three times in as many weeks until I twigeed that a total rebuild would have cost the same so on the fourth vist I had the whole lot replaced and end of problem. Sometimes it's a duff brand of spoke.....
[censored]! If I wanted a spelling/grammar lesson I would have asked for one. Yes there were a few errors (I'm knackered at the moment as my son has been ill for the last week) but I don't think there was any need for that.
I'm don't post often and if that's the attitude of the group then I might not bother in the future.
Stick around and you'll find that most contributors aren't sad or rude enough to correct spelling and grammar, except where it helps to clear up confusion. It was obvious what you meant so no need for correction.
No. I lock my bike at work through the wheel and frame daily, and don't have this problem. I'm careful to ensure there's no load on the spokes when I leave it, though.
Are you that concerned about wheel theft from the shed that you don't want to just lock it through the frame? -- Mark. http://tranchant.plus.com/
Dave B <[email hidden]> wrote: | Oh and before anyone asks I didn't try cycling with the lock still in | place!! (will anyone own up to doing this!!!?? :-) )
I hope so. I've certainly done it a couple of times. It goes with leaving your gloves in the basket of the bike on the other side of the Sheffield stand, or carefully unmounting the lights you had inadvertently left on the bike when parking it. I haven't yet left my daughter in the trailer when locking up the bike, but my wife has.
Dave B <[email hidden]> wrote: | Oh and before anyone asks I didn't try cycling with the lock still in | place!! (will anyone own up to doing this!!!?? :-) )
I hope so. I've certainly done it a couple of times. It goes with leaving your gloves in the basket of the bike on the other side of the Sheffield stand, or carefully unmounting the lights you had inadvertently left on the bike when parking it. I haven't yet left my daughter in the trailer when locking up the bike, but my wife has.
I set once off on the tandem trike without daughter on rear :-(
I've ridden several miles on the trice with the handbrake on - thinking I needed to get a lot fitter :-(
But the most painful was when I'd left the lock at home and gone out on the Brommie. Outside a shop, I undid the hinge so that any thief would come a cropper. Yes, you guessed it - I came out of the shop, jumped on the bike and it duly collapsed in a heap resulting in two very bloodied and bruised knees :-(
Oh and before anyone asks I didn't try cycling with the lock still in place!! (will anyone own up to doing this!!!?? :-) )
I know someone who did it three times before realising what the problem was, at about 1am on New Years Day. He came back into the party to tell us about it, and I gave him and his bike a lift home in my car. (Since I was driving, I hadn't been drinking. He had.)
Well I took it in and the guy in the shop had the same trouble as me. Spokes kept breaking as he tried to retension them, reckoned they were duff. As a result he rebuilt the wheel, for which they would normally have charged 40 quid. However, they called the manufacturer who agreed to reimburse the cost under warranty (the bike is only 6 months old), so cost to me - nowt. Also it is nice to know that it wasn't just me being a klutz at adjusting the spokes.
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How much would you expect them to charge for the job?
My LBS in Leeds charges around £8 for a retrue/retension. £25 for a rebuild including a full set of spokes
