http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Tag: maintenance spokes - Recent Topics en Wed, 13 May 2026 03:20:49 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11675#post-133526 Wed, 20 Nov 2013 10:25:09 +0000 dg145 133526@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Hi</p> <p>I've had a spate of popped spokes on my rear wheel recently and am looking for some advice/suggestions to see if there is something I should be worried about or doing.</p> <p>The first went about 6 weeks ago (bike is about 5 months old) - fair enough, just got it replaced. At the weekend I had another two break, so had them replaced on Monday. They guy at the shop said that the wheel is about 1mm out of true, but he hadn't fixed it as the bike has disc brakes and he felt it wouldn't matter too much at this point.</p> <p>Annoyingly, another one went this morning.</p> <p>A couple of weeks ago the rear hanger snapped and sent the rear mech into the back wheel (new hanger, chain and rear mech duly fitted). I wondered if this may have caused any weakening of the spokes, or is 3 popped spokes in 4 days just bad luck? </p>