Broken spoke help.

James07 · 5 May 2015 at 19:10

Is there a specific size spoke I need for my bike?

Giant Defy 3 2015,

Cheers,

James.

grudas · 5 May 2015 at 19:19

Yeah.. Find the wheel set model and check the info on it! It'll normally have 3 different spoke lengths.. - front, rear drive side and non drive have different sized flanges on most of my rims

James07 · 5 May 2015 at 19:24

grudas said:
Yeah.. Find the wheel set model and check the info on it! It'll normally have 3 different spoke lengths.. - front, rear drive side and non drive have different sized flanges on most of my rims

Fantastic, thank you!

James07 · 5 May 2015 at 19:52

PR2 wheelset.
Butted spokes 24/28 Radial except for 2x on drive side rear.

This make sense?

grudas · 5 May 2015 at 21:45

Should be length when it comes to size, I'd google it tbh.. Now that you have the name of the wheel set you should be able to find someone else who broke a spoke haha

James07 · 5 May 2015 at 23:47

grudas said:
Should be length when it comes to size, I'd google it tbh.. Now that you have the name of the wheel set you should be able to find someone else who broke a spoke haha

Nice one pal,

Cheers!

savagesam117 · 5 May 2015 at 23:57

Or take the broken one to your LBS (depending on where it has snapped) and they will measure it. We've got super awesome spoke rulers

grudas · 5 May 2015 at 23:59

savagesam117 said:
Or take the broken one to your LBS (depending on where it has snapped) and they will measure it. We've got super awesome spoke rulers

Yeah... Think spoke replacement is like a £10?! Would save you some hassle tbh! Spoke will be like £2 anyway... And a ttool £4-5 if you don't have one yet

savagesam117 · 6 May 2015 at 00:01

In Evans we charge £14 including the spoke. But if you have no clue on how to do it it's worth it. The amount of people I get come in, buy a spoke try to fit it and mess up their wheel is far to common!

Yeah just get it measured there, sell you one for a couple of quid and fit it yourself.

touch · 6 May 2015 at 00:27

James07 said:
PR2 wheelset.
Butted spokes 24/28 Radial except for 2x on drive side rear.

This make sense?

This means the front wheel has 24 spokes, they are all straight from the hub to the rim and dont cross any other spokes (radial lacing).
The rear wheel has 28 spokes. The non-drive side spokes are radial like the front but the drive side spokes are laced '2x' (pronounced: 2-cross) each spoke crosses over 2 other spokes.
None of these numbers will tell you the actual spoke length.

As others have said, you're best taking it to a shop to get it sorted. My LBS charges something like 50p for a spoke and £5-£10 for fitting.

James07 · 6 May 2015 at 05:18

Think I'll just drop it on Friday