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06-16-12, 07:15 PM

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Originally Posted by dramiscram

I broke a spoke on my rear wheel but I noticed it almost by accident this past week end while cleaning and lubricating the bike. I don't know how long I've been riding like that. My probleme is that I would have to leave the wheel at my lbs for a day or two to have it fixed but I hate to take the car. I prefer to wait for my vacation in mid-july. What do you think? I'm going 61 kms/day, 4 days/week.

How far you can go depends. I've had spokes break and ridden the wheel for several months. I've had spokes break and the wheel tacoed immediately.

In general. waste no time in getting it fixed. Even if you don't see any damage, the remaining spokes are suffering varying amounts of stress and it can lead to serial spoke breakage or worse.

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