Loose spokes?

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Ride On

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I noticed that at least a half dozen spokes were loose on my rear Mavic Crossride. When I spin the wheel there is a slight wobble (between an 1/8th to 1/4 of in inch either way). My question is A.) Would I ruin my rims if I ride with loose spokes. B) Would it make sense to try to tighten the loose ones even though I have never even attempted to true up a wheel.

I am guessing the best bet is to take in to the LBS but A) I am not sure of the turnaround time and don't want to be with out a bike for the weekend. B) Is it even necessary. I could probably tollerate a slight wobble (as of now the breaks don't even squeek) I just don't want to ruin my rims.

Any insight would be greatly appreciated.
 
loose spokes not good, tightening them yourself without knowledge not good, turnaround should be capable while you wait good. riding around while ignoring them will ruin the rims really not good.
 
Yea riding on loose spokes is jut asking for trouble bring the wheel into a bike shop and they should be able to tension it up for you at at the very worst it should only take like a day or 2
 
I had this exact problem a few weeks ago on my road bike.

A few minutes before my 32 mile ride home from work (once a week, one-way commute), I noticed that a handful of spokes were REALLY loose. I work a few miles from High Gear in Sterling and they had just worked on my bike, but since it was 6:00 am on a Sunday, I had no choice but to tighten them up and ride. I thought I did a pretty decent job, but I had to stop several times on the way home to tighten more REALLY loose spokes. By the time I got home, my wheel was way out of true, and I thought that I might have ruined the rim.

The next day I dropped it off at Cranky Cycles in the Highlands (just a few minutes from Hartshorne). It's a brand-new shop, so the turn-around was quick (just over a day), the work was outstanding, and the price was a lot lower than I expected.
 
Pagliacci said:
I had this exact problem a few weeks ago on my road bike.
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The next day I dropped it off at Cranky Cycles in the Highlands (just a few minutes from Hartshorne). It's a brand-new shop, so the turn-around was quick (just over a day), the work was outstanding, and the price was a lot lower than I expected.
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Thanks everyone...I'll try out Cranky Cycles... I haven't commited to an LBS yet so I am tryingout a few.

BTW Pagliacci I thought I was addicted to MTBNJ but your response at 3:43AM is truely impressive.🙂
 
Ride On said:
Thanks everyone...I'll try out Cranky Cycles... I haven't commited to an LBS yet so I am tryingout a few.

BTW Pagliacci I thought I was addicted to MTBNJ but your response at 3:43AM is truely impressive.🙂
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Ok...I just tried to a searh for Cranky Cycles in the Highlands but didn't find anything. R U sure that's the name? Do you have an address or phone number??? Thanks
 
Ride On said:
Ok...I just tried to a searh for Cranky Cycles in the Highlands but didn't find anything. R U sure that's the name? Do you have an address or phone number??? Thanks
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Nevermind...found it under Kranky Cycles. Surprise Google wouldn't have returned it under 'Cranky'.
 
I ended up going to Kranky Cycles in the Highlands yesterday. He just opend 5 days ago. His service was excellent. He trued up my wheel and gave everything (drivetrain, brakes etc.) a good onceover to make sure every thing was working smoothly-- all while I waited. He doesn't have much inventory yet since he just opened but he seemed like a pretty good guy. The plus side is that he is only a minute from Harthshorne and the Henry Hudson trail. Also the Highlands is a cool little town to find an old salty dog bar for a beer and a burger.
 
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