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12-30-08, 09:53 PM
Hardly worth its own thread, but hey, this is Foo.
Riding today. Had to contend with strong winds until I got to the MUP at which point I had the winds at my back. Awesome ride in the highest gear for several miles. When I got off the MUP I had a fairly steep hill to climb. Thought I hit something and sent it flying, kind of a cross between a snap and a ping, and pretty loud. A spoke breaking never occurred to me.
I had a flat tire the previous night so I changed it out this morning but put in an oversized tube (the best I could come up with), so I thought maybe that was the cause of the wobble I noticed during the ride. So I bought the right size tube and set out to change it after my ride. I noticed a couple of loose spokes so I decided to go ahead and true the wheel, and that's when I noticed one of the spokes was a little too loose.
I ran back by the LBS and the mechanic put aside the job he was working on to fix my spoke. The sprocket hadn't been removed since the wheel was built in 1983, so it took a LOT of torque to loosen it. In fact, it took both the mechanic and myself pulling on the wheel while the hub tool was clamped in a vise to get it loose. The spoke replacement was routine after that. He started to clean the sprocket before assembling it again, but then the guy whose job he was working on before mine came in and the mechanic was trying to juggle both jobs. At that point my wheel was fixed and the sprocket just needed to be put back on so I paid for the broken spoke repair and left with the parts and put them together at home.
While I was at it I gave the front chainrings a good cleaning. The Dumpster Queen is cleaning up pretty good.
Riding today. Had to contend with strong winds until I got to the MUP at which point I had the winds at my back. Awesome ride in the highest gear for several miles. When I got off the MUP I had a fairly steep hill to climb. Thought I hit something and sent it flying, kind of a cross between a snap and a ping, and pretty loud. A spoke breaking never occurred to me.
I had a flat tire the previous night so I changed it out this morning but put in an oversized tube (the best I could come up with), so I thought maybe that was the cause of the wobble I noticed during the ride. So I bought the right size tube and set out to change it after my ride. I noticed a couple of loose spokes so I decided to go ahead and true the wheel, and that's when I noticed one of the spokes was a little too loose.
I ran back by the LBS and the mechanic put aside the job he was working on to fix my spoke. The sprocket hadn't been removed since the wheel was built in 1983, so it took a LOT of torque to loosen it. In fact, it took both the mechanic and myself pulling on the wheel while the hub tool was clamped in a vise to get it loose. The spoke replacement was routine after that. He started to clean the sprocket before assembling it again, but then the guy whose job he was working on before mine came in and the mechanic was trying to juggle both jobs. At that point my wheel was fixed and the sprocket just needed to be put back on so I paid for the broken spoke repair and left with the parts and put them together at home.
While I was at it I gave the front chainrings a good cleaning. The Dumpster Queen is cleaning up pretty good.