My dad says its a tricky job.. I know it wouldn't be a walk in the park, but how difficult is it? On an xs650 that is.
2007-04-14 18:28:06 · 5 answers · asked by dandelo84 2 in Sports ➔ Cycling
Bike shops are good at cause they have the experience behind them? Any idea of the cost?
2007-04-14 18:52:07 · update #1
It isn't difficult, but it is tricky to get it just right. The tension on each side of the wheel has to be just right or the wheel won't be true. Even if it appears OK, if something is off just a bit, you might have a problem with more spokes breaking.
Bike shops have a tool similar to a torque wrench that is used to measure the spoke's tension. I had a set of wheels that was nototrious for breaking spokes. Even the bike shop was baffled as to why they broke so often. (At least once a week I had to bring it in to get a spoke repaired. I finally replaced the wheels and haven't had a problem since.)
Each spoke repair was about $12 including parts and labor. That was for one spoke, if you had several, I doubt if it would be $12 each, maybe just a couple bucks for each additional spoke.
2007-04-14 23:04:48 · answer #1 · answered by crazydave 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Changing out the spoke itself is pretty easy depending on where it is. If it's on the drive side in the rear, it involves removing the cassette sometimes. However the hard part is in the adjustment of the wheel, not in installing the spoke. Once the spoke is in, you have to adjust or "true" the wheel to apply relatively even tension on all spokes and assure the straightness of the wheel. This is probably the trickiest job for a bike shop to perform.
2007-04-15 11:23:11 · answer #2 · answered by Jay P 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well i tried to adjust a couple of spokes to straighten out a wheel one time and it was TUFF! You have to know how much of a turn needed to make everything the same tension. Not to mention you should really have the correct tool for the job (which i did not) but even with it i still would have messed it up. To make a long story short, Leave it to the guys at the bike shop.
2007-04-15 01:34:29 · answer #3 · answered by Darrin V 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your dad is correct. The biggest problem is getting your wheel to be true which is controlled by the tension created by the spokes on the rims. Several times I attempted to build my own wheel but always ended up taking it to a bike shop.
2007-04-15 01:48:42 · answer #4 · answered by John W 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can buy a manual at your book store or you can spend about the same to have a shop do it . The spoke is not hard to change it,s truing the wheel that is the trick.
2007-04-15 01:51:35 · answer #5 · answered by revtobadblack 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋