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Broken Spokes, what now... justwaitafrekinminute 09-02-2008
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Posted by on September 2, 2008, 10:18 am


I have found a couple of sites where I can get spokes but what then. I
have trued wheels on bicycles, but never a motorized vehicle. I have
several questions such as, how tight to make them, and how do you
guage it? Does anyone have a link to a site that might get me started
here, I can't imagine too many of you pay the $100 the local cycle
shop wants. I do have one other option. A friend of the Mouses' dad is
a street racer and says he will do if for $50.. Thanks again in
advance for all of your input, I gotta' get the Mouse back on the
track before the 15 which will hopefully be her first girls mini race
at the worm farm.

For those who missed it, I think I didn't notice loose rear spokes one
day when the track was real muddy. The Mouse tore all the spokes out
of the back wheel in a huge rut.

RMR, broken bikes, but no broken riders, life it good;)

Posted by Dean H. on September 2, 2008, 10:29 am


>I have found a couple of sites where I can get spokes but what then. I
> have trued wheels on bicycles, but never a motorized vehicle. I have
> several questions such as, how tight to make them, and how do you
> guage it? Does anyone have a link to a site that might get me started
> here, I can't imagine too many of you pay the $100 the local cycle
> shop wants. I do have one other option. A friend of the Mouses' dad is
> a street racer and says he will do if for $50..

I would ask the street guy how much extra (beer) it would cost if he let you
watch and talked you through the process.

-Dean
memories of the Wizard Lurker lacing a TS185 wheel in the Days Inn parking
lot in Laconia, NH durring Motorcycle Weekend (before it became Motorcycle
Week) right there next to our burn out box complete with clorox...



Posted by on September 2, 2008, 10:36 am


>
> >I have found a couple of sites where I can get spokes but what then. I
> > have trued wheels on bicycles, but never a motorized vehicle. I have
> > several questions such as, how tight to make them, and how do you
> > guage it? Does anyone have a link to a site that might get me started
> > here, I can't imagine too many of you pay the $100 the local cycle
> > shop wants. I do have one other option. A friend of the Mouses' dad is
> > a street racer and says he will do if for $50..
>
> I would ask the street guy how much extra (beer) it would cost if he let =
you
> watch and talked you through the process.
>
> -Dean
> memories of the Wizard Lurker lacing a TS185 wheel in the Days Inn parkin=
g
> lot in Laconia, NH durring Motorcycle Weekend (before it became Motorcycl=
e
> Week) right there next to our burn out box complete with clorox...

Hmmmm... Yeah, and I do make some pretty good beer;)

RMR.. Yup, I'm a homebrewer too. That might be the best way to go...
Thanks.

Posted by Dean H. on September 2, 2008, 11:15 am



are you replacing all of the spokes or just the broken ones?



Posted by on September 2, 2008, 11:47 am


> are you replacing all of the spokes or just the broken ones?

I think I want to replace all of them. Many stripped out of the
threaded end and I don't really trust the ones that look like they
didn't. I will try to post a picture this afternoon.

RMR.. The mud was a foot deep and the Mouse has 12 inch wheels.. It
was quite a day, even the big bikes were bogging down, coming to a
stop, and falling over in the stuff. At one point some guy on the
other side of the course had to pull her and her bike out of a bog,
Both were stuck in pretty good, she couldn't get her feet out either;)

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