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Spoke tightening trick
I learned a trick from a pro rider a couple of nights ago when he came over to help us prep our bikes for this weekend's races.
No doubt some of you vets already know this trick and I'm probably going to sound like a noob, but all my years of riding, I'd never heard of this. He took a sharpie and marked a spoke nipple, then tightened that spoke. Then he counted 5 spokes and tightened, 5 more and tightened, etc. By doing it this way, the tire stays true, because you are tightening odd numbered spokes which pull the wheel from both sides. It takes 4 revolutions to hit every spoke, and you know you are done when you arrive at the spoke you marked. Coolest tip I've heard in a long time! Thought I'd pass it on.
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Good tip, I'll have to try it out!
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Noah 2000 EC250 with 2011 transformation kit, KYB SSS forks, MN street title 16' Ski-Doo XS Renegade X 1200 4T 16' Specialized Fatboy trail 02' ZRX 1200r R.I.P. 72' Olds 500ci, Batten Heads, Street/Drag car, former CarCraft magazine centerfold (has-been) 15' TW200 |
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Good tip. Turns out I've been doing it very wrong haha.
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Don't know that I've ever tightened a gasser spoke - isn't that a something you only do on jap bikes?
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You are joking ... right?
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Just buy new bikes when they get loose ! Or some spare wheels
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The previous owner to my former '00 XC 250 didn't tighten spokes...ever. Which is how I came to fit a Kawi rear wheel.
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LOL I don't buy a new bike but I have bought a new wheel. funny thing is I have been riding for 37 years and only tried to do my cr60 as a kid. I haven't tried since it was so bad, but i may try again nice tip.
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I do them every 3rd spoke, starting at either the rim lock or valve stem. Same result, 3 revolutions. Takes just a few minutes per wheel.
More important however is to put spoke seal in the spoke nipples when the bike is new - keeps them from seizing. |
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Most likely if the spokes haven't been tightened in a while they'll be stuck. I like to line the jaws of a Vise Grips with some soft aluminum sheet stock and clamp the Vise Grips near the nipple on the spoke to hold the spoke when attempting to tighten it. The aluminum reduces marring up the spoke.
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Noah 2000 EC250 with 2011 transformation kit, KYB SSS forks, MN street title 16' Ski-Doo XS Renegade X 1200 4T 16' Specialized Fatboy trail 02' ZRX 1200r R.I.P. 72' Olds 500ci, Batten Heads, Street/Drag car, former CarCraft magazine centerfold (has-been) 15' TW200 |
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