Slightly bent spoke. A problem?
 

I really wonder...Can it cause anything big?

You should be OK as long as there is an even tension on all the spokes

(I hope). But won't the bent spoke flex more exevntually and, like, die?

How to tell if you have even tension:

Find the spoke that is perpendicular to that spoke that is bent and try to compress them to gether if you can't get them to move then don't worry about it.

Perpendicular as in a T like thing? If the spoke is going down, which side should the perpendicular spoke be facing?

Oops, parrallel

Hmm...I've seem to have 2 bent spokes both of them like that. I also got what you meant by perpendicular. They all compress about evenly. How much do lbs's usually charge, in CDN (for us, thats x1.27 about) for 2 spokes? Cant hey be sold individually?

Can't see no parellel spokes, man. They all bend a bit. They all can move. Is that a bad thing? I would think it is. ARgh!!! WHY GOD?!?!

can you easily wiggle the spoke or is it still tense, if you can wiggle it, and don't fell confident enough to true your rim, take it to the bike shop, you shouldn't need new spokes, just more tension on them

What'd you hit?

I really don't know! 6 inch drops, tiny tiny speed bump jumps. It's pretty tight.

I wouldn't worry. My girlfriend is running with 2 spokes missing. If you keep the rest tight and in place you should be fine doing curb drops and hitting speed bumps...

Oh I assume you have ditchwitch...hmmm...I destroyed mine in a week doing xc. Very very very weak rim while being very heavy. One of the worst brand rims around.

*Snort* *Snort* *restrain laughter*. HAHAHAHAHHA RAiyn, I can see it now.


"Fear me, Raiyn, The End of Aol'ese. Forever."

I think any mature adult sees aolese the same way. An evil incranation of the english language created by a bunch of geeks with too much time on their hands and not enough typing ability to complete full sentences with any degree of logic or skill.

I apologize, I will use proper grammar and spelling in the future.

I have to disagree with the geek part. I ve seen the younger males in my area of the country try to look as stupid and mentally challenged as possible. ex. tie your friggin shoes,pull your pants up,get the right size shoes,use spell check on the computer,as this is not a cellphone with only 160 character limit,eat with your mouth closed, and when driving put your dam foot back in the dam car. sorry to vent. the spoke should be fine until you can get it replaced. Chris_krueger Ive been there too with the mispelling part. I didnt even know what punctuation and spaces were when I first came to this site.I learned not only bike stuff but how much it pisses some people off(cough,coughrayin,cough,cough) if we dont know proper computer stuff. its all good and welcome to the forum

You mean Raiyn. Not rayin.

I was kind of kidding. I remember before the net went public and my geek friends and I used to use elite code to hide what we were saying from the people on my bbs who couldn't get it. I find it ironic it is called aolese because it started long before AOL was even a thought in someones head :) It was kind of an inside dig against the person I used to be.

Bend it back into place with the smooth inner part of the needle nose jaws if you want. No big deal. Replace it next time you have your tire off, or not. Like I said its no big deal.