MaxMachin

I've spoken to him. He couldn't give me a spoke tension so I gave him the sudgested 100Kpf. I'm collecting it this afternoon and I'll let you know the outcome.

Hello. Update on this. I got 36 of 2.3mm Sapim Leader spokes form Graham http://www.tillercycles.co.uk/ Very good service and fast delivery and good quality. Very nicely threaded and so on. I had them fitted as I decided that the "dark art" of trueing wheels may have to wait till I have more space, time and tools. Collected the bike yesterday morning and did my usual commute (18 miles) by the time I got home last night the wheel was all over the place again. 3 spokes totally loose and others too tight and so on. Drop the bike off this morning and was told that the wheel was built well, that possibly the rim isn't strong enough (chinese), my riding was too harsh, too much wait on the back or all of these together. I'm thinking about changing the rim now as if it is basically too flexible this would make the spokes come loose and as soon as one is loose the rest will follow. Thoughts?

Well looks like I'm going to be rebuilding my first wheel Ive just talked to http://www.tillercycles.co.uk/ and he said that the chinese bafang motors are known to him... Basically he said that the quality of the spokes is bad and that they often have problems. I asked about the rim and he said that if it is double lined? it is ok and if it is eyelited then even better. I'm pretty sure it is double. I agree that cheking spoke tension regularly would probably help no end to solve the issue and I have to say that I didn't do it in the first 2months of riding when the first 2 spokes went but when i got them replaced they should have been all tensioned correctly (and i think they were by a trusted shop) so to have 2 more go 2 weeks later would point back at the quality.

Hello. I've been reading about other peoples issues with spokes breaking and it seems like I'm not the only one! I have a rear wheel motor,700x32c tire with 36 spokes (2.6mm section?). I bought it whole from bms batterys. The battery is on the back too so a fair load on the back and probably 18miles/day on tarmak with potholes! I wondered if in the first place the tire should be a mountain bike tire (need to change mudguard) and if on the whole I should use a double suspension mountain bike in stead of my Specialized Globe Daly! So after about 2 and a half months of riding 2 spokes broke at the hub end. I had them replaced with 2.3mm section spokes (for motorbikes according to the bike shop). 2 weeks later another 2 spokes break! I'm now wondering if I should replace all the spokes, the rim, change the tire to a thicker one ot just start again from scrach with a mountain bike! In any case the weel needs repairing and Ifound a couple of threads pointing to catsnapper's spokes and others... I will have to replace them all but any thoughts on the tire or rim replacement would be good. Cheers Max

Hello all. I'm a new member of pedelecs altough I have used it a lot as I bulit a bike back in october.It is a great website so a big thanks to those of you that make it happen. Max