07-24-2014, 08:19 AM
I broke two spokes and resolved to fix them myself.
I removed the cassette on the wheel, removed the broken spokes, thread the new spokes through the hub and the other spokes, but I cannot get the new spokes to screw into the old nipples. Or, rather, I can get them started, but there is a point past which my spoke wrench will not turn.
I am starting to think that I need to replace the old nipple with the new nipple that came with the new spoke.
Now that I type it out it seems obvious, but is this right? New spokes will not always go into old nipple?
Thanks in advance for your help.
I removed the cassette on the wheel, removed the broken spokes, thread the new spokes through the hub and the other spokes, but I cannot get the new spokes to screw into the old nipples. Or, rather, I can get them started, but there is a point past which my spoke wrench will not turn.
I am starting to think that I need to replace the old nipple with the new nipple that came with the new spoke.
Now that I type it out it seems obvious, but is this right? New spokes will not always go into old nipple?
Thanks in advance for your help.