Old 11-05-10 | 06:21 PM
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lineinthewater
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Originally Posted by davidad
It won't get any worse just sitting there. If the spokes are not kinked you may be able to tension them up and retrue the wheel.
At some point get a conventional wheel as a replacement. I have a friend who has that wheelset and it is a royal pain to work on. Parts are hard to come by for the hubs and the spoke nipples are over a dollar each and also hard to come by.
He weighed over 230 pounds and was breaking nipples. I built him a 36 double butted spoke wheel with a shimano 105 hub and he has had no problems wih it.
I've heard of bad reviews of these wheels, but I guess I haven't stressed them enough to notice the symptoms. I'm only 175lb - so weight isn't an issue. I've only broke one spoke in 6+ years.
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