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I keep breaking spokes near the hub on my rear wheel where the 'J' part of the spoke goes into the hub.
I have hope pro 2 evo hubs and WTB i25 frequency rims and some have broken on some tame rides and I have one or two spokes go.
I can keep replacing but do they start to fatigue and really I need to get the whole wheel rebuilt with fresh spokes or can I slacken off all the spokes and re true the wheel.
Advice appreciated. I could do it myself but I'm unsure on the rear rim dish I need.
Ells
Personally, I'd get the whole thing respoked with new spokes by someone who is known to be a good wheel builder.
Your tensions are probably all messed up so it might be better just to start from scratch.
Id rebuild it , fresh spokes and nipples just make sure the tension is even and below the rim limit.
Rebuild or new wheel. How old is the wheel in question?
Exactly, how old are the spokes? I haven't had then snap there before. Are they superlight spokes?
The Spoke elbow snapping is quite common. But each wheel is different as to why
Off a rear wheel form a second hand 2013 santa cruz nomad. All the spokes we breaking at the J part of the spokes.
Sounds like they are too old! I'd replace the lot 🙂
Definitely there’s a problem with the original build if you’re snapping spokes repeatedly like this, and rebuilding with fresh spokes is a plan. I’d probably remeasure and recalculate just for belt and braces.
Not sure what you mean about the dish- the Frequency rims aren’t asymmetrical so dish is exactly like every other rear wheel excluding those for offset back ends etc. Ideally if spokes are close enough there should be very little dishing needed anyway, but you’re just trying to centre the rim between the endcaps/overlock nuts as usual...
Maybe old, maybe an overtension problem, maybe a bit of both. Usually abusive riding results in slack spokes and buckled/dinged rims so unlikely to be that.
Anyway. Get it rebuilt with new spokes if you want to avoid it continuing.