Replacement spokes.

[Daweed]

Hello. Well long story short is that my hub cracked around bearing so got it welded I but tensions in the spokes changed so I lost few of them. I took whole wheel apart to repaint the hub thinking that sourcing new spokes would be piece of cake. Ohhh how wrong I was. I've tried eBay and even got some but they were couple of mm too long and the J bend offset was too big as well (it was 4.5mm and I need 3mm). I'm getting really desperate now for having that wheel done. So my question is - can any one point me to the place where I can source right spokes without paying the earth? Or even better where I can take/send my hub and rim and get it done (just for reference is 156mm 12g [2.6mm] with 3mm bent). Ideally in South East England. Just want to get in the saddle again. Cheers.

 

[Summerlightning]

Hi,
Graham at Tiller cycles may be able to help. He helped me get some replacement spokes for my Big Bear. graham@tillercycles.co.uk
or www.tillercycles.co.uk.

 

[gwing]

I've tried eBay and even got some but they were couple of mm too long and the J bend offset was too big as well (it was 4.5mm and I need 3mm). .

You'll want the bend to be similar but I'd say don't worry about the spokes being too long, you can expect to cut a bit off the end unless you're lucky enough to have an exact common size that is readily available. Do thread a nut on first before cutting the thread so that it cleans up the end when you remove it after cutting.

 

[Deleted member 4366]

I'd use thinner spokes. 12g is too heavy and stiff for most ebike applications. Which hub is it?