Repair Guide / Spoke Bicycle Spoke Tutorials
Video tutorials about spoke and nipple maintenance and repair.
Repair Guide / Spoke Wheel Forums:
- 05/23 3-speed fixed gear trike
- 05/17 What is the name of this bolt
- 05/17 Quick release skewer doesn't fit in hub/axle
- 05/08 Help with nut size
- 05/08 Freehub body removal help
- 04/28 Remove axle troubles specialized
- 04/25 Rebuilding freewheel: Is this grease OK?
- 04/22 Washer for Pashley
- 04/22 How to remove wheel with old Sturmey Archer 3-Speed hub
- 04/19 Back hub acting up
- 04/02 Spoke holes diameter
- 03/30 Weird Metal bar
- 03/26 Help with alignment of new wheels...
- 03/10 26 1 3/4 Spokes
- 03/03 Changed skewer, back wheel jumps out of frame
How to Replace a Broken Spoke
Demonstrates a single spoke removal and installation.
How to True a Wheel
Aspects of wheel truing covered include radial, lateral, centering (or dishing) and spoke tension.
Recommended Wheel Tools:
- Park Spoke Wrench
Precision-sized spoke wrenches, hardened and nickel plated. - Triple Spoke Wrench
The SW-7 fits the three most popular spoke nipple sizes. - Park SBC-1
Ideal for sizing spokes, ball bearings and crank cotters. - Spoke Tension Meter
Measures the absolute tension of each of the spokes in a wheel. - Park TS-8
The TS-8 allows accurate wheel truing at an economical price. - Park TS-2.2
The world's most popular wheel truing stand. - Cone Wrench Set
Ultra-thin heads to work well with the narrowest of adjustment cones. - Wheel Dishing Tool
The WAG-4 allows easy checking of the dish on most wheel sizes.