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July 4th 07, 04:59 PM
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Spoke are always loosing!
Ok, I got my wheel built by Darren, from bedfordunicycles, and one week later my spokes were very loose, I went to a bike shop, he tightened the spokes and and unbend my wheel for a total cost of 15$...One week and a half later, my spokes were already comming loose, fortunatly a week later, while going riding, my friend had a spoke key and he tightened them, and 2 weeks later, (now) I got 3 or 4 spokes of loose. Do you know what's going on? Help me plz. P.S. Darren used the same spoke there was on my old wheel. -- Émile5 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Émile5's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/14993 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/62336 Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- ** SPEED ** RETENTION ** COMPLETION ** ANONYMITY ** ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com 
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July 4th 07, 05:11 PM
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well they could be laced wrong, but I'm doughting that. I would buy some nice new DT champions. -- thejdw kington99 wrote: A hobnob is an oaty biscuit, the fact that they don't exist in america just goes to show that you have no culinary heritage  don't follow Jesus, follow me! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ thejdw's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/13230 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/62336 Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- ** SPEED ** RETENTION ** COMPLETION ** ANONYMITY ** ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com
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July 4th 07, 05:17 PM
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you should not be reusing spokes. they stretch and never work the same. it kinda depends on your setup. for somepeople they are constantly having to deal with spokes. some don't. you just got unlucky. -- torkerdx gordito8me wrote: it's like running across the highway at rush hour. Dangerous, stupid, but not really that fun. Unicaw89 wrote: Koxx rapes Torker hard! skianduniaddict wrote: never give 4 teenagers a camera... they go crazy ------------------------------------------------------------------------ torkerdx's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/12543 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/62336 Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- ** SPEED ** RETENTION ** COMPLETION ** ANONYMITY ** ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com
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July 4th 07, 05:23 PM
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Spoke are always loosing!
torkerdx wrote: you should not be reusing spokes. they stretch and never work the same. it kinda depends on your setup. for somepeople they are constantly having to deal with spokes. some don't. you just got unlucky. You mean hes unlucky because somtimes old spokes work fine? -- thejdw kington99 wrote: A hobnob is an oaty biscuit, the fact that they don't exist in america just goes to show that you have no culinary heritage don't follow Jesus, follow me! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ thejdw's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/13230 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/62336 Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- ** SPEED ** RETENTION ** COMPLETION ** ANONYMITY ** ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com
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July 4th 07, 05:45 PM
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when I took my uni to a bike shop because of loose spokes, the guy put locktite on all the spokes. I haven't had a problem since. Just a thought. -- banjo_gun_snake_wheels John ------------------------------------------------------------------------ banjo_gun_snake_wheels's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/15039 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/62336 Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- ** SPEED ** RETENTION ** COMPLETION ** ANONYMITY ** ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com
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July 4th 07, 05:51 PM
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thejdw wrote: You mean hes unlucky because somtimes old spokes work fine? apparently they dont. no when you use spokes they stretch. when they are fully streched out they can't be relaced. he is unlucky because his spokes don't stay tight. which happens for some people. another possibility is your spokes are stretching kinda fast. sooner or later your spokes will stop stretching and stop coming loose. -- torkerdx gordito8me wrote: it's like running across the highway at rush hour. Dangerous, stupid, but not really that fun. Unicaw89 wrote: Koxx rapes Torker hard! skianduniaddict wrote: never give 4 teenagers a camera... they go crazy ------------------------------------------------------------------------ torkerdx's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/12543 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/62336 Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- ** SPEED ** RETENTION ** COMPLETION ** ANONYMITY ** ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com
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July 4th 07, 07:15 PM
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You have to check and tighten some spokes before every ride. Then after a while they just stay tight. I don't know why. Tap them with a butter knife and tighten the ones that sound real flat just a bit. If you do this before they all get messy loose, you should be able to re tighten just the loose ones without the wheel trueness getting all out. Try this, I bet after a while they will just stay tight for you. Tapping your spokes once in a while is a good idea on any machine, can't hurt ! -- feel the light ------------------------------------------------------------------------ feel the light's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/14551 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/62336 Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- ** SPEED ** RETENTION ** COMPLETION ** ANONYMITY ** ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com
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July 4th 07, 08:02 PM
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Darren was supposed to put some new spokes but he decided not to do it. He said that it was only 25$ of more for me and it would work fine with the old spokes. A uni buddy of mine said lock tite was an idea. And THEJDW, I can't buy DT champion spoke cause I only have 25$ left, and they cost 25$! plus the wheel building is 20$ if I remember right so... yeah  EDIT: I'm going to e-mail Darren on that. -- Émile5 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Émile5's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/14993 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/62336 Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- ** SPEED ** RETENTION ** COMPLETION ** ANONYMITY ** ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com
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July 5th 07, 03:31 AM
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Émile5 wrote: And THEJDW, I can't buy DT champion spoke cause I only have 25$ left, and they cost 25$! plus the wheel building is 20$ if I remember right so... yeah Just a tip that I give to all unicyclists (trials/street riders especially): 1) Buy your own spoke key (sub $5US more often than not). Multi gauge spoke keys are good if you have many wheels. 2) Learn how to tighten your own spokes. 3) Learn how to tension your wheels. 4) Learn how to true your own wheels. 5) Learn how to build your own wheels. 6) Stop paying the LBS for services you can diy:P -- muzzle my videos: 'muzzle!videos' (http://www.muzzle.co.nr/unicycle/) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ muzzle's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/11458 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/62336 Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- ** SPEED ** RETENTION ** COMPLETION ** ANONYMITY ** ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com
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July 5th 07, 04:57 AM
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Learn while you're young and save$ the rest of your life.  -- feel the light ------------------------------------------------------------------------ feel the light's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/14551 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/62336 Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- ** SPEED ** RETENTION ** COMPLETION ** ANONYMITY ** ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com
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