Bent or broken spokes?

Well, I always replace mine right away to eliminate any chance of hurting the rim. A little hop isn't that bad, but any hop given a long enough time, can harm the rim slowly overtime.

Always use protection man. Buy a hubguard.


I have an OCD melt down if I break a spoke. Lol I would never ride with more than 3 damaged spokes. That's just too risky.

I have a bunch if spokes that only ait there, without being tight, cause they are fucked. I probably wont remplace them.

I dont actually have an bent or broken spokes yet. Just some scratched ones from running no hub guards.FWIW, my wheel is still perfectly true and no hop at all

Invest in hub guards. trust me on that one, you can still break spokes overtime though since the hub guard obviously won't protect every bit of the spokes, and landing weird can break spokes too. But you'll break far less & keep your hub in good condition. Most cassette hubs have the bearings sitting right where you would slam down on during a grind & overtime that can hard them.

Plus less grind damage = easier to sell the hub/wheel in the future if you want

never ever ever broken a spoke in my life.

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feeble_to_face wrote:

never ever ever broken a spoke in my life.

feeble_to_face wrote:

never ever ever broken a spoke in my life.

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Have you even scratched em up?

Do u guys replace slightly bent spokes or just bend em back if the wheel is still true?thanks

sundaybmxRR wrote:

Invest in hub guards. trust me on that one, you can still break spokes overtime though since the hub guard obviously won't ...more

sundaybmxRR wrote:

Invest in hub guards. trust me on that one, you can still break spokes overtime though since the hub guard obviously won't protect every bit of the spokes, and landing weird can break spokes too. But you'll break far less & keep your hub in good condition. Most cassette hubs have the bearings sitting right where you would slam down on during a grind & overtime that can hard them.

Plus less grind damage = easier to sell the hub/wheel in the future if you want

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Thanks

I stop at 2 in the rear wheel. Screw messing with all that. Huge bummer when you break some. I tend to in the front, but not lately. It seems like if i just keep one lost, they dont break, so i am missing one up front. No biggie. haha

95horsepower wrote:

Do u guys replace slightly bent spokes or just bend em back if the wheel is still true?thanks

95horsepower wrote:

Do u guys replace slightly bent spokes or just bend em back if the wheel is still true?thanks

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Bent spokes will normally straighten out if you tighten them up

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How often do u guys true your rear wheels?

sundaybmxRR wrote:

Bent spokes will normally straighten out if you tighten them up

sundaybmxRR wrote:

Bent spokes will normally straighten out if you tighten them up

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Thanks bro

95horsepower wrote:

Do u guys replace slightly bent spokes or just bend em back if the wheel is still true?thanks

95horsepower wrote:

Do u guys replace slightly bent spokes or just bend em back if the wheel is still true?thanks

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sundaybmxRR wrote:

Bent spokes will normally straighten out if you tighten them up

sundaybmxRR wrote:

Bent spokes will normally straighten out if you tighten them up

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95horsepower wrote:

How often do u guys true your rear wheels?

95horsepower wrote:

How often do u guys true your rear wheels?

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like when they coe untrue, i still ride them like that for 4 motnhs lol

I rode a wheel with six snapped spokes plus one bent and the rest loose my only problem was nipples going through the rim tape and puncturing my tube, I had a single wall rim too

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Jamie.MacMillan.28 wrote:

I rode a wheel with six snapped spokes plus one bent and the rest loose my only problem was nipples going through the rim tape and puncturing my tube, I had a single wall rim too

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lol. You must be light

I have had a entire side of my hub have the spokes bent over the flange and flattened out.

Replace damaged or broken things when ever suits you. True your wheels when you get a chance or they are causing issue. It's not something you need to do every day

I get really lazy about truing my wheels, I usually wait until my tire starts to hit the frame or gets really annoying to ride with then I true them. I trued them last week and noticed I had three bent spokes and a broken nipple in the back. The spokes kinda straightened back out after I trued them but the wheel works great still. All and all I probably only true them every few months and replace broken spokes when they get really bad or before I go on a trip.

ive only ever broken one spoke and it caused a pretty nice scar up my arm.
put a pretty photo of it up tonight after work but long story short. try and replace a spoke it it looks like its about to snap.

Don't buy thread on guards....I know that now.

I had to replace brand new spokes in my rear wheel cause mine were really old or something and the sizes were all off, and I have no idea but I'd ride hard and snap a spoke every 2 or 3 weeks. It was a mixture of super cheap spokes and some Primo ones and whatnot, but the sizing completely threw off the tightness which I assume was a big cause in snapping the spokes. I usually replaced the spoke with a random crappy one ASAP but once, I rode it for a week and tried to really keep the wheel as true as possible.

Brayden_Buckingham wrote:

Don't buy thread on guards....I know that now.

Brayden_Buckingham wrote:

Don't buy thread on guards....I know that now.

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This. I had the barrier for the odyssey hazard and when i took it off the constain battering had caused the thread to come with it