Originally Posted by
pennpaul
I guess I shouldn't believe everything I read. The DB website says they are 24h wheels but as I started to go about detensioning the spokes, I started counting. 28 spokes. What makes sense to me to do is back off all the tension on the spokes then tighten the nipple back with just my fingers until they just "grab" the spoke and I would need to switch to a wrench. Then I'm going to do 2 revs with the wrench and start checking for true and pinging the spokes to listen for even tension.
Anyway, I am going to do what I can with this wheel with what I've got--a spoke wrench and an upside bike for a truing stand. I am an vid DIYer, but there's just too much stuff to acquire to build a proper set of wheels and there seems to be a billion possible combinations of hub/spoke/rim/etc. For now I just need a rideable set of wheels until I get new ones. I sent emails to Velocity Cycles and Universal Cycles (are they good?) for a set of wheels for a Clyde that will fit my bike. I wish the Vuelta Corsas would work for my bike, but they don't.
Paul
Did you do the test I spelled out earlier?
Seriously, if after doing a very very very hard squeeze of parallel spoke for 1-2 rotations results in another broken spoke,
you are wasting your time fixing the wheel.
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