Took a tumble today and busted a spoke. I just redid my tubeless setup a few months ago and really don’t wanna do it again. Any way I can just fix this without replacing it? If not, any shortcuts that don’t involve redoing the tape?
by drivesanm5
Took a tumble today and busted a spoke. I just redid my tubeless setup a few months ago and really don’t wanna do it again. Any way I can just fix this without replacing it? If not, any shortcuts that don’t involve redoing the tape?
by drivesanm5
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tapes gotta be redone.
To fix it properly, you’ll need a new nipple which will require the existing rim tape to be removed.
I mean if you’re looking for shortcuts: poke a hole in the tape where that nipple goes so you can replace it, then cover the hole with more tape. It might cause problems in the future, but it also might not.
Obviously the proper way is to redo the tape.
I don’t understand.. taping a rim takes like a minute. You could fish the new nipple through the valve hole with some fishing line but I guarantee you it’s way easier to just retape the rim, especially tape that hasn’t been on long.
Theoretically you might be take out the valve and then use that hole to get the old nipple out and the new one in. Wpuld probably be easier to retape the rim though,
Maybe some way to make a tool similar to the one they use to feed cable through an internally routed frame, so you can feed a guideline between the spoke hole and the valve hole.