Originally Posted by
JusticeZero
Stopped by the bike shop (Mike's) to see about a new spoke. Prognosis: Two broken spokes, but don't bother to replace them. The hub on the beater is shot; the remaining spokes will last more than a week, and the hub will PROBABLY last through the week.
Oh well, I have a cunning plan for a new beater anyways, if I can figure out what frame I can build it on.. *wrings hands* And the shop I got the Giant from called back, they're going to relace the defective wheel with heavier gauge spokes as a warrantee job. Hence the week wait, since they don't have said heavy spokes in stock.
Did they take the hub apart to figure out it was shot? My old hub spun very badly, and the LBS recommended just trashing it. I was going to, but the new wheel they sold me didn't last 100 miles, so while I'm waiting for another new one, I cleaned out the old hub, regreased it, and it's spinning better than it used to, which means it's usable again. Still a sub-optimal amount of rolling resistance because the drive-side hub is pitted badly, but it spins and works.