How to Repair a Broken Bicycle Spoke

[carolynibis]

Thank you for the informative video. I'm going to do some self-supported bike touring this Summer, and I believe that it's good to fix common problems like this. Doesn't look as hard as I thought that it might be.

[cjhoyle]

@carolynibis Nope, it's really not that hard, just a little heavy carrying a big wrench for removing the freewheel. I have a few other bike maintenance tutorials on YouTube you might find useful. I would definitely recommend my chain repair video if you are doing touring.

Thanks for watching!

[BMXWTP2011]

ill make a video showing you how to get a wash.

[xan778]

This was very helpful, thank you

[DeafFret]

Thanks. Got the cassette off, and the spoke replaced. On top of the correct cassette removing tool, I also had to invest in a mofo'n BIG wrench. All worth it I suppose - cheaper in the long run than replacing the wheel every time a spoke breaks.

[poohgp]

this should be done shirtless in the future

[DeafFret]

Hey I tried this. Couldn't get the chain cassette to come off though.

[cjhoyle]

@DeafFret Do you have the right kind of Cassette remover? They become very tight over time if you ride alot. If you have a bench vise the best way to remove the cassette is to put the tool in the vise and turn the wheel with your hands. As an alternative you can use the method I showed in this video and stand on the wrench to get some extra force. Let me know if this advice works for you!

[DeafFret]

@cjhoyle yeah u'r right. Had the wrong tool. Doh!

[super333ification]

simple and to the point, exactly what i needed to know for my repairs. Thank you.

[Zachwissen]

@7:38 hehehe

[mrbreez33]

Cool video thanks for posting I now feel confident enough to do my own rear wheel broken spoke & true work. Tanks

[Begbucks]

Fix your brake toe-in

You don't have to take the wheel off the frame unless the spoke failure is on the freewheel side in which case this is paramount.

If you encounter broken spokes in one area more, you should upgrade to the stainless steel variety especially if you have galvanized zinc such as shown

That wheel is "Identically" laced V.S. "Mirror Image"

Park makes the best spoke wrenches imo

Ping test for uniformity.

Lastly why are you fidgety like you stole the bike lol?

[cjhoyle]

@Begbucks Didn't you see what the person below said? I stole the bike from a homeless person!

[Begbucks]

@cjhoyle I hope you are kidding, because...

...Karma never fails.

[azzofkowner]

@cjhoyle Hey man, whats the name of the tool at 3:15 ?

[cjhoyle]

@azzofkowner It is called a 'freewheel tool' or "cassette remover", but there are a few differnt shapes and sizes of them, and some cassettes don't even use them. This bike has a Falcon cassette, so the tool i'm using is called the FR-7 made by Park Tool, designed specifically for Falcon Cassettes. Make sure you find the right one for your cassette.

[davidwebb091370]

very nice and very informative video! thanks so much for posting it!

[Dlive2005]

Nice video help alot

[jetmajic]

thank you for posting this vid...very helpful

I had 3 spokes broken on my bike, the bike shop staff said I would most likely need to replace the whole wheel as they said the other spokes would also break..

thanks to your vid, I bought a spoke wrench and 3 spokes, and now the wheel is fixed and running true ...and I fixed it myself!! :)

[cjhoyle]

@jetmajic What they told you is somewhat true, other spokes will probably break eventually, but sooner or later everything breaks. Regardless of the cost, replacing an entire wheel is just so wasteful. As long as you've got the time and the skill to replace spokes you'll never need a new wheel!

[jetmajic]

@cjhoyle I agree, the chrome part of the wheel has a width that's hard to replace (it's a kind of lowrider bike) I don't really know many bike part names obviously!!), it makes sense to keep it and replace the spokes, I think it would be a waste to just throw the whole wheel too, thanks for up loading this vid many people are appreciating it!! :)

[CoastGuardIDC]

Thanks a lot....gonna save me some moolah..... :)

[EKTEJONES]

Great Video, you helped me through my first spoke replacement - saved me a bunch of money :)

[vinylrichy]

Very helpful video. Thanks

[jetmajic]

thank you

[Hamada349]

can u ride a bicycle without the spokes?

[cjhoyle]

@Hamada349

You can usually ride with one or two spokes missing, but when more are missing it becomes a lot more difficult to true the wheel, and the remaining spokes will start breaking faster since the load is shared between fewer members. My advice is the replace spokes after they have broken.

[erindizzle70]

thanks

[010dex]

cheers mate!

[presmach]

very helpful

[hongc480]

what tool is that @3:14 ?

[cjhoyle]

@hongc480 It is called a 'freewheel tool' or "cassette remover", but there are a few differnt shapes and sizes of them, and some cassettes don't even use them. This bike has a Falcon cassette, so the tool i'm using is called the FR-7 made by Park Tool, designed specifically for Falcon Cassettes.

[fuzybear15]

Hey! I recognize you from school! Awesome video, thanks for the help.

[davidandselena]

Very helpful, thanks. I liked the use of the speeded-up parts

[PhilDBD]

Very informative. Answered all my questions. Well done! Thanks.

[BlueReishiMan]

Very professional video

[CoolSpuds]

Thanks. Very helpful.

[classmassgrass]

@CoolSpuds Bike Shop Videos----- -0

Cjhoyle Video----------- +50

Found what I was looking for------Priceless

[Munnjo1]

Thanks a lot for making this video. Very helpful...I'm going to try it tonight on my bike.

[outdooring1]

replace "spoke" with "scrote" and you can really have a laugh!

[mgeffert]

Good Stuff!! This video really helped me out. But was stealing a homeless person's bike really necessary?

[Elhardt]

Keep in mind that removing the sprockets/gears from a cassette vs freewheel are different, as I just found out. The cassette lock needs to be turned in the opposite direction as to that shown in this video and thus needs another tool (chain whip) to hold the cassette in place while removing the lock ring.

[cjhoylemusic]

@Elhardt

If you listen carefully, my words were:

"There's lots of different styles of cassettes, they all have different ways of being removed."

Since the focus of this video was on spokes and not cassettes or freewheels, I only demonstrated removing this particular type of cassette.

In the future maybe I'll make videos showing how to remove different styles of cassettes.

[Elhardt]

@cjhoylemusic I think part of the problem was that you used the term cassette. So after watching it I assumed I had seen the procedure for removing a cassette, but that was not the case since you didn't remove a cassette. I just wanted to warn other people who might come away with the wrong idea on how to remove a cassette.

[TriskaidekaMusic]

Excellent video! Best one I've seen. Very helpful.

[mountaintapir]

great video , cheers

[iceman3006]

tune your spokes like a guitar, pluck the spokes and listen for the loose ones. some people like straight lacing their wheels (ie no X's) , depends on the useage and weights etc.you can get many difffernt hub and rim combos and the front and rear spoke lengths are differnt so carry both sizes on a long trip.

[ReFuchs1985]

Cheers man... helpfull vid!!!

[wapyto]

Muchas gracias, man, la idea de apoyarse en la pared para quitar los piñones es realmente útil, por que está durísimo.

Nice job

[ghostlymoron]

Very good video thank you. It's good to see a bike mechanic with greasy hands like mine are when I work on my bikes! A lot of vids are of 'showroom' bikes - not the real world.

[aschult1]

Great video, nice job.

[Jangaboo]

whats that small tool called that you put into the cassette so you could remove it?

[cjhoylemusic]

@Jangaboo

They are usually called a 'freewheel tool' or "cassette remover", but there are a few differnt shapes and sizes of them, and some cassettes don't even use them.

[Jangaboo]

good video

[cjhoylemusic]

@Jangaboo

Thanks!

I'm hoping to start making lots bicycle maintenance videos soon. If you like what you see please subscribe!

[Jangaboo]

@cjhoylemusic haven't seen any other videos with people removing the cassette or whatever you call it, that was cool