How exactly does one go about getting a two broken
spokes replaced? I have a 5 year old set of painted
60 spokers on my BN7 and the front has two broken (now
removed) spokes.
Called around a little, and it looks like one needs to
remove the tire, ship the rim to a wire wheel
specialist, have the spokes replaced and the rim
trued, have it shipped back, remount the tire (replace
the tube) and then send it ??? for hub centric
balancing...
Does anyone really do this? or do you just wait until
the tires wear out and replace the wheels as a package
ready to go. Seems pretty easy to burn $100 in
shipping alone.
The wire wheel folks I spoke to said replacing a
single spoke was only a job a professional could
tackle. Besides they were unwilling to sell
replacement spokes. Am I missing something here, or
did I really take unnecessary risks in my youth
replacing a spoke here or there... And is the price
to replace two broken spokes really $100+ plus three
weeks of down time.
Dean BN7 (running true on 58 for now)
> I stopped counting how many spokes that broke and I
> replaced.
>
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