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Ever Broken a Spoke?

August 23rd, 2007 by Arleigh Jenkins

I recently ordered a little gadget called “FiberFix Spoke” from Adventure Cycling. It essentially is supposed to take place of a spoke until you can get home. As a person that does long rides on their road and mountain bike I always worry about being stuck somewhere with a broken spoke. I’m half hoping that I break a spoke in the next few weeks to see if it works. If I don’t break a spoke in the next month I plan on testing the FiberFix on my 29er Bontrager X-Lite wheels.

2 Responses to “Ever Broken a Spoke?”

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  1. 1 Levi  on Aug 26th, 2007 at 7:39 pm

    I heard about those a while back and never actually saw a picture or where to get them. I’m tempted to grab one because I’ve had spokes break at some inopportune times.

  2. 2 Dave Schall  on Sep 6th, 2007 at 4:00 pm

    Why not just loosen the two spokes adjacent to the broken spoke and ride gingerly? With most bikes having discs, a perfectly true wheel isn’t really that important (for the short term anyway).

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