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04-10-17, 07:07 PM

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Originally Posted by WizardOfBoz

Yeah, if you can true the wheel without rebending the spoke, you could just leave it alone. Bending it once weakens it, rebending it weakens it more. Me, I'd buy replacement spokes and lace them in and true the wheel, cuz the bent spokes are more likely to break. Buy I'm a Clyde riding 18/24s.

In something like 50 years, I've never seen or heard of a spoke breaking at a bend like this.

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