CHECK YOUR SPOKES
Posted: Wed May 12, 2010 4:03 pm
HAD A BIT OF A SURPRISE TO FIND MY H2C HAD THREE BROKEN SPOKES & QUITE A FEW LOOSE. LUCKY I HAD DECIDED TO CLEAN HUB & DISCOVERED. THIS WAS CLOSE TO A NASTY EXPERIANCE.
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Posted: Wed May 12, 2010 5:08 pm
Better not clean her in future then...
Posted: Wed May 12, 2010 7:01 pm
That's why they were called the widowmaker nothing to do with performance or handling just a few dodgy spokes
Gary
Gary
Posted: Wed May 12, 2010 7:40 pm
Hmmmm...... where did the spokes brake ? Top or bottom end ? Were the broken spokes next to each other,opposite or random ?
Has the wheel in question been rebuild at any stage or cleaned with 'stuff' we should not have used ?
Sam thank you for this post. This could be a potential killer. Finding the solution to what happened might save us form injury. Any suggestions to this cause are welcome .
Has the wheel in question been rebuild at any stage or cleaned with 'stuff' we should not have used ?
Sam thank you for this post. This could be a potential killer. Finding the solution to what happened might save us form injury. Any suggestions to this cause are welcome .
Posted: Wed May 12, 2010 8:08 pm
I am always wary of stainless steel spokes,wheel spindles and springs.
Posted: Wed May 12, 2010 8:37 pm
Glad it didn't come to grief Sam.
Posted: Thu May 13, 2010 8:01 am
The spokes were Stainless ones built into Akront Alloy Rim. All broken at hub. No idea why they broke! All broken inner ones!!!
Posted: Thu May 13, 2010 1:52 pm
Typical van bike trouble 
Posted: Fri May 14, 2010 4:11 am
My H1a broke a spoke last year, it was at the hub and it was an inner
mot man spotted it
Gary T
mot man spotted it
Gary T
Posted: Tue May 25, 2010 2:24 pm
Got me spokes today. 
Tryed to fit them & ? 
Not as easy as it looks. 
Thanks to friends i know a man who can. 
Gary Clarke hes a superstar and top bloke
Tryed to fit them & ? Not as easy as it looks. Thanks to friends i know a man who can. Gary Clarke hes a superstar and top bloke