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03-22-20, 03:55 PM

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Originally Posted by kayakindude

And that would make me refuse to do business with said LBS.

I got whacked 80 bucks to repair a broken spoke (thanks TSA). Now I repair my own. There is something really satisfying about fixing a messed up rim. Two other spokes on different bikes went last season (to be fair our tandem was from a collision), so well worth the investment.

$60

This tool on Amazon looks like it could do the trick if you have trouble finding the correct length in the future.

Thanks for posting, I was unaware that you could buy one for less than 2 percent of the cost of a Phil spoke threading machine.

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