Re: [RBW] A first for me...

2010-06-21 Thread CycloFiend
on 6/21/10 7:13 AM, jandrews_nyc at jasonaschwa...@gmail.com wrote: > After some slightly rough riding and shifting last night, I broke a > spoke on > my Hillborne. It's on the rear wheel, drive side. I've never broken > a spoke, and am wondering > if this is something I can attend to myself or

Re: [RBW] A first for me...

2010-06-21 Thread PATRICK MOORE
It's not hard to replace one spoke if you can find a replacement of same type and length. If you have both pieces, I'd take the broken one to a shop and get them to replace it with an identical one, and buy a suitable spoke wrench at the same time. Put a dab of grease on the threads, insert it, tig

[RBW] A first for me...

2010-06-21 Thread jandrews_nyc
Hi. After some slightly rough riding and shifting last night, I broke a spoke on my Hillborne. It's on the rear wheel, drive side. I've never broken a spoke, and am wondering if this is something I can attend to myself or should I take it to a shop? Does a wheel need to be re-trued after a broke