chriswoody
Legendary Member
- Location
- Northern Germany
The rear wheel on my Kona Sutra is the standard wheel, however, when I bought the bike second hand last month I noticed several spokes were loose to the point of almost falling out. No problem I thought, I tightened them up and re-trued the wheel. I then noticed a few weeks later when cleaning the bike that several spokes where loose again. Again I tightened and re-trued, then today the same problem. I've not taken note of which spokes or even which side of the wheel, however, today, before I re-tighten them I'll mark them somehow or take a photo and then check again next week. I've not had a spoke break yet and the use I put the bike to is defiantly not outside the parameters of what it's designed for. I'm a little flummoxed as to why it's happening.
Looking around the internet, a few folk seem to suggest that the best way forward is to just loosen off all of the spokes and re-tighten/re-true as if a new build. Is this a good idea or is there another underlying problem that I should be addressing? I don't have a spoke tension tool, so I've not been accurately re-tensioning the spokes that I've retightened, just going by feel and wheel trueness, could this also be the source of my troubles?
Thanks in advance for any thoughts or help.
Looking around the internet, a few folk seem to suggest that the best way forward is to just loosen off all of the spokes and re-tighten/re-true as if a new build. Is this a good idea or is there another underlying problem that I should be addressing? I don't have a spoke tension tool, so I've not been accurately re-tensioning the spokes that I've retightened, just going by feel and wheel trueness, could this also be the source of my troubles?
Thanks in advance for any thoughts or help.