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Had to rebuild a wheel on the side of the road in rural Vermont
I was riding the Stowe to Burlington route last fall when my rear spokes started snapping one by one about 15 miles in. Didnt have a spare wheel, so I used a park tool spoke wrench I carry and swapped spokes from the front wheel to get the rear rideable. It took nearly two hours in the cold drizzle, but I limped into town. Has anyone else had to cannibalize parts mid-ride like that?
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alext529d ago
That's a rough situation, sorry you had to go through that.
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garcia.wren9d ago
Ugh, honestly I gotta push back here. You had a working bike, you took the time to cannibalize your own front wheel, and now you're calling it a win? Sounds like you made a bad situation way worse. Now you've got a sketchy front wheel too, probably with uneven tension, and you're just asking for another breakdown later on the same ride or the next one. Two hours in the cold drizzle sounds like a nightmare, not a clever fix. Next time just call a buddy with a truck or eat the cost of a taxi, it's not worth wrecking two wheels for one ride.
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