How Do You Fix A Bicycle Spoke?
If you’ve broken a spoke on your bike, either you’re riding hard or your bike is getting old. Either way, you need to fix it fast. Ignore it, and the entire wheel could fall apart. This fix is usually easy unless the broken spoke is next to the rear sprockets. In that case, a bike shop will need to help you remove and reinstall the rear sprockets. Take the wheel off the bicycle, and remove the tire and inner tube from the rim, following the steps in How to Change a Bicycle Tire, "Removing the old tire." If there is a plastic band around the rim, underneath the inner tube, remove this as well. Remove both pieces of the broken spoke from the rim. Save the nut, or nipple, from the end of the spoke. Take the broken spoke to a bike shop and buy a replacement that is exactly the same length as the original. Start
