Tro dig inte Posted April 13, 2008 Report Share Posted April 13, 2008 Hi!I need some help with finding the right spokes...Need some durable spokes cause mine snapps of all the time So which is the best? /Chrille Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RossMcd Posted April 13, 2008 Report Share Posted April 13, 2008 the best spokes i would say are the Mutiny spokes on tartybikes Even the trialtech ones look good to and in white Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NileBrown™ Posted April 13, 2008 Report Share Posted April 13, 2008 Maybe your building your wheels with the spokes a bit tighter than they should be.... loosen them a tad so they can flex a bit. Otherwise they just snap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eskimo Posted April 13, 2008 Report Share Posted April 13, 2008 the best spokes i would say are the Mutiny spokes on tartybikes Even the trialtech ones look good to and in white Mutiny spokes and Trialtech spokes are the same. Among the hundred of other bmx spoke makes. Get some Prolite double butted spokes if they can supply you the correct size. I know they come in alot of sizes not mentioned but no 174/5/6 etcAs for stock, Sapim and DT race/ champion or whatever.Also silver spokes are stronger. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sstein Posted April 13, 2008 Report Share Posted April 13, 2008 I don't think that it really matters that much, as long as you set the tension up right and your not a weight weenie then one spoke is just as good as the next. If you really want to change your spokes though, go for something colourful just because they always look great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
esfrost Posted April 13, 2008 Report Share Posted April 13, 2008 Marwi is the way to go.... http://www.marwiusa.com/default.aspx?taxid...id=4&pid=61 theyre beutiful... and expensive Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Dark Posted April 14, 2008 Report Share Posted April 14, 2008 any of the dtswiss spokes really...they're all really good quality Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psycholist Posted April 14, 2008 Report Share Posted April 14, 2008 If your spokes keep snapping then you're probably not stress relieving your wheels properly. Look up stress relieving on pretty much any bike forum or Sheldonbrown.com and you'll get decent instructions. A wheel is a pre stressed structure. This means there's stress in the structure before any working loads come onto it. To carry a load the spoke pointed towards the ground loses tension while the rest of the spokes gain tension very slightly (Tension lost in spoke pointed towards the ground divided by the number of remaining spokes). Doing up a wheel slack will not make it more durable for this reason. Using double butted spokes will make the wheel more durable as they stretch more for a given tension, so at high loads the rim will have to deform more before the spoke becomes slack. So - to summarise, slack wheels are not more durable, double butted spokes are and stress relieving wheels makes them far more durable than any other change you can make. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim/Trialsin USA Posted April 14, 2008 Report Share Posted April 14, 2008 DT, Marwi, Wheelsmith, Phil Wood, Sapim...... all good bets. Spokes do make a huge difference.......no name ones that come on alot of bikes are made from .....well, crappy metal. They stretch, not a good thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grant wildman Posted April 14, 2008 Report Share Posted April 14, 2008 As mentioned before , dt swiss champions are the nuts or dt alpine 3's if you have the cash (would only use them on the rear though, tough as hell but a lil weightyer) or dt revolutions on a front wheel for a super light build! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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