Help needed old guy with broken spoke and a loose one .

[Pgall1945]

I have a broken spoke on the rear wheei of my pro rider e tourer how can I replace this ? Also can a spoke be tighten if so how ?.

 

[Deleted member 4366]

You need a spoke key to tighten it. The ones from Halfords or your local bike shop don't normally fit, so you get one from Ebay.

http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&id=221585110854&alt=web

 

[Pgall1945]

You need a spoke key to tighten it. The ones from Halfords or your local bike shop don't normally fit, so you get one from Ebay.

http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&id=221585110854&alt=web

Thank you so much I feel like an old duffer keep asking how to do things

Regards

Peter G.

 

[Nealh]

The broken spoke will be easiest to get at by removing the wheel, you then need to take off the tyre and tube. Hopefully the broken one is inserted from the inside of the hub as these are the easiest to replace and the last to ones to go in.
Half of the spokes (the 1st ones) are inserted through hub form the outside and then the other half from inside of the hub. Obviously you can get the correct spoke length once you have both bits to measure. Source from ebay or the bike shop where you got your bike. When fitting spokes don't be afraid of flexing spokes to get them in as you will usually have to cross them over and under (depending on cross pattern) any slight bend in them will straighten once they are tensioned.
If you do replace it yourself and tighten spokes you can gauge the tension by pinging the spokes so that they give a nice pling similar to the others.

 

[selrahc1992]

I have a broken spoke on the rear wheei of my pro rider e tourer how can I replace this ? Also can a spoke be tighten if so how ?.

critical to read sheldon brown's guide to tightening spokes (its on google) - the spoke became loose because teh rim bent - if you simply tighten teh spokes you may make that worse - one has to straighten/true the rim first

 

[Nealh]

I did my first one last year and with in an hours practice on an old wheel found it easy to true a wheel, I then rebuilt it from scratch a couple of times and trued on a home made stand now I can do all my own wheels as and when for free.

 

[Pgall1945]

The broken spoke will be easiest to get at by removing the wheel, you then need to take off the tyre and tube. Hopefully the broken one is inserted from the inside of the hub as these are the easiest to replace and the last to ones to go in.
Half of the spokes (the 1st ones) are inserted through hub form the outside and then the other half from inside of the hub. Obviously you can get the correct spoke length once you have both bits to measure. Source from ebay or the bike shop where you got your bike. When fitting spokes don't be afraid of flexing spokes to get them in as you will usually have to cross them over and under (depending on cross pattern) any slight bend in them will straighten once they are tensioned.
If you do replace it yourself and tighten spokes you can gauge the tension by pinging the spokes so that they give a nice pling similar to the others.

Thank you so much