Broken Rear Spoke Hack

[RastaRuss]

Day 1 of a 3 day, 225km bike packing trip (Cotic H/T weighing in at 26kg ) & my Mate breaks 2 spokes.
The wheel was able to be trued enough to keep going, but it got me thinking on repairing a rear wheel & spokes, with no cassette tool etc.
Once home, google led me to this repair kit.

FiberFix Spoke - Emergency Replacement Spoke

No long-distance cyclist should be without a couple of these Fiber Fix kevlar spoke replacements. No need to remove the wheel or cassette. FiberFix is a brand of emergency spoke repair kit designed to repair a broken spoke on a bicycle wheel quickly and easily. The FiberFix kit includes a length...

www.curvecycling.com

 

[boyracer]

i usually tape a few spokes to bottom of chain stay for tourings. Also have one of these little cassette /lockring tools.
lockring tool

 

[Stredda]

Day 1 of a 3 day, 225km bike packing trip (Cotic H/T weighing in at 26kg ) & my Mate breaks 2 spokes.
The wheel was able to be trued enough to keep going, but it got me thinking on repairing a rear wheel & spokes, with no cassette tool etc.
Once home, google led me to this repair kit.

FiberFix Spoke - Emergency Replacement Spoke

No long-distance cyclist should be without a couple of these Fiber Fix kevlar spoke replacements. No need to remove the wheel or cassette. FiberFix is a brand of emergency spoke repair kit designed to repair a broken spoke on a bicycle wheel quickly and easily. The FiberFix kit includes a length...

www.curvecycling.com

I'd be interested to see that in action.

 

[teK--]

Day 1 of a 3 day, 225km bike packing trip (Cotic H/T weighing in at 26kg ) & my Mate breaks 2 spokes.
The wheel was able to be trued enough to keep going, but it got me thinking on repairing a rear wheel & spokes, with no cassette tool etc.
Once home, google led me to this repair kit.

FiberFix Spoke - Emergency Replacement Spoke

No long-distance cyclist should be without a couple of these Fiber Fix kevlar spoke replacements. No need to remove the wheel or cassette. FiberFix is a brand of emergency spoke repair kit designed to repair a broken spoke on a bicycle wheel quickly and easily. The FiberFix kit includes a length...

www.curvecycling.com

Looks like a cool emergency fix, though I wonder how practical it would be in the current days of tubeless tyres and foam inserts though...

Aside from spoke breakage due to trail damage, I would err on the side of prevention including prior to big trips off the grid:

• Run 32H rims always
• Run brass nipples always
• Don't use cheap, thin, or non-butted spokes
• regularly check spokes for damage, and sufficient/even tension
• regularly check rims and hub flanges for cracks
• Drop of penetrating oil once in a while at the nipple end of each spoke and spin the wheel so it works into the threads

 

[RastaRuss]

Simple emergency kit for the cassette side, the Eagle gears has no room for a trail side repair.
I could carry the removal tool, but be buggered carrying the 12" shifter it needs.
I bought one for the idiot mate, he breaks spokes on a regular basis, cause he rides like a dick, testing results to follow.

 

[frenchman]

Needed to be runnin one of these bad boys @RastaRuss

 

[ausdb]

Both of those things or similar have been round for years or at least the 90s. Hypercracker

Meet the Hypercracker – woollypigs

 

[RastaRuss]

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Needed to be runnin one of these bad boys @RastaRuss

Looks like to much bike for me !