Are these spokes ok to to continue mountain biking on? My last ride my tire had trouble holding air and became real low but I finished the trail and bent some spokes — rim seems true but I don't have a spoke tensioner tool or a stand. Should I replace these spokes?
I took the rim tape off since it was leaking Stan's through the nipple holes when it was low and am debating if it's worth it to swap them out before I put new rim tape on?
by Savings_Bat3947
5 Comments
It definitely needs truing.
Depends on how good your dental plan is
The big question is what happened? This damage will only get worse and more expensive if you continue to ride it. Didn’t you figure that out already?
Yikes. I wouldn’t ride that. Given how cheap you can find second hand wheels these days, I wouldn’t bother trying to make that work, those spokes are hosed.
Don’t do it. If you were injured how much would you pay to not be injured? Is it greater than the price of a new set of wheels?