Twinshock200 wrote:Hi Folks
Can I ask the experience of anyone who has respoked a trials wheel one spoke at a time.
Is it a no no or can it be achieved successfuly one at a time.
I know the fundementals of how it works but never attempted it.
Any advice would be appreciated.
Cheers
Lots of ifs coming up Roger.
When I was a kid, I replaced individual broken "outside" spokes but was stumped by the "inside" spokes. I still have the rest of the packet of spokes I bought from Suzuki in about 1975 to get the spokes I needed for my TS185 rear wheel.
If the rest of the spokes are left tensioned, then fitting a new "outer" spoke on a hub like a TY hub is possible but requires springing the spoke into a curve to get it short enough to go through the rim hole, which is pretty easy. Fitting a new "inner" spoke however requires putting a couple of bends in the spoke to get it in place then straightening it up again. The task would be easier if all the spokes were backed right off but the "inside" spokes would still need to be bent and straightened, just to a lesser degree.
If the hub in question has a clever special flange (like some rear wheels) you can change inner and outer spokes individually on that side of the wheel without any bending or curving required.
Here's a photo showing one of those special flanges.
So to answer your question, yes it is possible to respoke a motorbike wheel one spoke at a time, provided you don't mind how dodgy the spokes look afterwards.