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Old 09-06-20 | 09:30 PM
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Originally Posted by mark d
i should have said it is a front wheel with shimano components.

did what you said apply to the front wheel as well ?

thks,
Well, the front doesn't have a Drive or Non Drive Side, but it still sounds like all the spokes are needing to be replaced.
Front's don't tend to have these issues since the spokes have equal tension (or nearly so on disc brake wheels).
There was a year back when (memory is vague, but 10-15 years ago?) where there were a lot of bikes w/ bad spokes.
Too low of tension exacerbates the problem.

IF your wheel skills are slight, you could replace the spokes one at a time.
Just screw NEW nipples so 1 thread shows and then have someone finish it off.
The 1 thread tells the wheel builder where it's at instead of guessing when the nipples conceal the threads.
Old nipples can be corroded and don't provide consistent "feed back".
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