Spokes

Paul Marx

Paul Marx

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I need one or more spokes for a 750 or triple rear wheel.
Or the dimensions so as to order.
Paul
 
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Paul Marx said:
I need one or more spokes for a 750 or triple rear wheel. Or the dimensions so as to order.
Paul
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Hello Paul,

if some heads on the spokes have already been torn off, I recommend replacing the spokes completely.
These are signs of aging due to fatigue fractures. The other spokes would also break soon.

After driving a lot with heavy luggage and on bad roads, I also have to change the spoke sets step by step on my Laverdas.

Thomas aus LAU
 
Thomas aus LAU said:
Hello Paul,

if some heads on the spokes have already been torn off, I recommend replacing the spokes completely.
These are signs of aging due to fatigue fractures. The other spokes would also break soon.

After driving a lot with heavy luggage and on bad roads, I also have to change the spoke sets step by step on my Laverdas.

Thomas aus LAU
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You are of course right Thomas but I don't know how to lace a wheel and don't intend learning.
I can't afford getting it done professionally.
The original is terrible, all the spokes are bent.

Paul
 
Paul Marx said:
You are of course right Thomas but I don't know how to lace a wheel and don't intend learning.
I can't afford getting it done professionally. The original is terrible, all the spokes are bent.
Paul
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For decades I had inhibitions about doing it myself.

Years ago I started my first attempt with two dial indicators and an old swing arm that I had clamped in a vice.
It worked so well, that I built a special stand for myself.

Important: take photos beforehand of the spoke scheme. You also have to pay attention to the offset, so that the chain is correctly aligned.
There is enough specialist information on the subject on the Internet so that you know, for example, that there are different cranked spokes.

As always in life: if you don't try something, you don't know whether it would work.

Thomas aus LAU

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Thomas aus LAU said:
For decades I had inhibitions about doing it myself.

Years ago I started my first attempt with two dial indicators and an old swing arm that I had clamped in a vice.
It worked so well, that I built a special stand for myself.

Important: take photos beforehand of the spoke scheme. You also have to pay attention to the offset, so that the chain is correctly aligned.
There is enough specialist information on the subject on the Internet so that you know, for example, that there are different cranked spokes.

As always in life: if you don't try something, you don't know whether it would work.

Thomas aus LAU
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I could Thomas but I haven't got the time.

Paul
 
Paul Marx said:
I could Thomas but I haven't got the time.
Paul
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"Where there's a will, there's a way."

Packing, coordinating, ... with the external service provider is also time consuming.

Don't think that my time management is more relaxed than yours. Nowadays I am extremely fully booked as a "technical fire brigade".
There is also a long waiting list.

Nevertheless, you can advance new/additional things.

Thomas aus LAU
 
Tippie said:
From memory there are some rear spokes that can't be fitted with the wheel assembled. Check that this will be possible before you get too far.
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Correct, in an emergency you have to bend the spoke in 1-2 places in order to be able to replace them individually. After threading you have to try to straighten the spoke again with flat-nose pliers.

Technically not nice, but there is no other way with a mounted wheel.

Thomas aus LAU
 
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