New Tires and a Wheel Repair
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A couple of days ago my chain overshifted and went into my spokes. I had to do a tuneup on the drivetrain, setting the derailleur shifter limits and cable tensions. Everything was shifting nice and smoothly after that.
But I had noticed a bit of a wabble in the rear wheel. Today I decided to adjust the spoke tensions to true up the wheel and remove the wabble. Low and behold I found two broken spokes and several more were damaged. I hadn't spotted the broken spokes as they had remained exactly in position, appearing to be intact. The chain overshift had taken them out and damaged some others.
I removed the wheel and took it to the bike shop to have the affected spokes replaced and the wheel trued. Mom had decided to buy me some new tires for the bike for my upcoming birthday, so I went ahead and got them while I was there doing "wheel stuff".
I have to credit Mark, the owner of the shop. He only charged me 10 dollars labor for the wheel repair and true (over an hour's work). Can't beat that with a stick.
He installed the new tire on the wheel while he was working on it, and I installed the new tire on the front wheel after I got back home. He also recommended installing Mr. Tuffy tire liners to help make the tires more puncture resistant. I always follow his expert advice and added the liners.
So now I have a freshly rebuilt wheel, nice new 100psi tires with liners. Changing the front tire from a 60psi to a 100psi tire will give me a bit more speed as it reduces rolling resistance. The test ride on the new tires was great.
But I had noticed a bit of a wabble in the rear wheel. Today I decided to adjust the spoke tensions to true up the wheel and remove the wabble. Low and behold I found two broken spokes and several more were damaged. I hadn't spotted the broken spokes as they had remained exactly in position, appearing to be intact. The chain overshift had taken them out and damaged some others.
I removed the wheel and took it to the bike shop to have the affected spokes replaced and the wheel trued. Mom had decided to buy me some new tires for the bike for my upcoming birthday, so I went ahead and got them while I was there doing "wheel stuff".
I have to credit Mark, the owner of the shop. He only charged me 10 dollars labor for the wheel repair and true (over an hour's work). Can't beat that with a stick.
He installed the new tire on the wheel while he was working on it, and I installed the new tire on the front wheel after I got back home. He also recommended installing Mr. Tuffy tire liners to help make the tires more puncture resistant. I always follow his expert advice and added the liners.So now I have a freshly rebuilt wheel, nice new 100psi tires with liners. Changing the front tire from a 60psi to a 100psi tire will give me a bit more speed as it reduces rolling resistance. The test ride on the new tires was great.
