The Amazing Vestigial Spoke

[jopamora]

Something about spokes and how it they support weight has me thinking a missing spoke will eventually cause more harm in the future. That said I think I heard a loose spoke on my ride in this morning.

If you see someone on the side of the road/trail twanging and squeezing all the spokes on his rear wheel, please say hi.

[GuyContinental]

@jopamora 30811 wrote:

If you see someone on the side of the road/trail twanging and squeezing all the spokes on his rear wheel, please say hi.

Perhaps if I’d caressed my spokes this morning I would have identified the offender before it popped its nut.

Also, I’m not removing the spoke- it’ll be there and tensioned so if something gives elsewhere in the wheel it should take the strain (and no longer be loose). It’ll also be taking nearly it’s share of the vertical load in an average rotation. At worst I think that I’m currently distributing the overall load of the wheel on 27/28 spokes- which 27 is fungible based on the relative tension on the other side of the wheel.

[jopamora]

@GuyContinental 30813 wrote:

Perhaps if I’d caressed my spokes this morning I would have identified the offender before it popped its nut.

Whoa! This is a family forum or I need to get my mind out of the gutter.

[thecyclingeconomist]

@jopamora 30827 wrote:

Whoa! This is a family forum or I need to get my mind out of the gutter.

Even better… it’s not a nut… it’s called a nipple…and I like to make sure they are properly lubricated to make tweaking easier.

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