Risky ? Safe to ride ?
Hi everyone I bought a raleigh sun solo off a guy. Didn't know what model it was until
I went searching. Anyways I started to hear a clunking niose when cycling and I went on to Sheldon browns website about noisy bikes. And I came to the conclusion that the spokes where lose. The wheels where already quit buckled. So I went and had a look at the rear wheel and I found a popped spoke and I looked closer and goin that the spokes where spoked wrong.
He had rebuilt the rear wheel the make it single speed. He just put a single speed hub in. Am I right to say the spoke pattern shoul be under under over . As in under a spoke under another spoke then over the last. Ie: making the spokes touch to distribute the weight. Well the spokes where spoked under under under and they wernt touching at all.
Would it be safe for me to ride the bike with a popped spoke and the wheel spoked wrong. I do I if my weigh comes into it but I'm about 155 pounds. Don't really want the wheel to go bust while on my commute to college.
Any help is appreciated thanks !