Emily Velasco4d ago
I broke another spoke on my bike. I guess after 5,558 miles, these things are bound to happen, but it's still annoying
Show threadAndrew Zonenberg4d ago

@MLE_online i have no idea how many miles I put on my old Trek or the Marin i have now.

But I've never broke a spoke. Tubes and chains, sure.

Did it just randomly snap or did you hit something etc?

Show threadEmily Velasco4d ago
@azonenberg i don't know. The last one that broke made a loud popping sound so i pulled over and saw the broken spoke. This time i was doing some maintenance and noticed the wheel wasn't running true. I have no idea how long it's been like that
Show threadAndrew Zonenberg4d ago

@MLE_online interesting.

Off the top of my head I've had cassettes, chains, tires, and brake pads replaced as routine wear items, and chains and tubes replaced due to field failures.

Never had a wheel rim or spoke go bad in 11 years of frequent (but not daily) bike commuting. Maybe the roads here are just better maintained or something lol

Show threadEmily Velasco4d ago
@azonenberg there are a lot of potholes here. You probably also buy nicer bike parts, not whatever you can find on Craigslist
Show threadSnoopJ

@MLE_online @azonenberg eh, spokes are a consumable part either way, but the specific loading pattern has a huge impact on their lifetime.

I'm reasonably sure the majority of spokes on all my bikes are originals (1972, 1983, and 2017) but I've done several spoke replacements on the 1983 bike (that gets ridden hardest) and none on the others.

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