Why zip tie spokes

Unemployment can make you thirsty! Flatland racing radiator braces, moose skid plate. Scotts Damper. OK, let's try this again and excuse me for not being politically correct the first time. After all we don't want to offend anyone around here. Tying spokes is old school. But really, if you think about it, spoke and rim technology hasn't changed much in the last 30 years. MX guys have never been known to tie their spokes after all you do get all of that time between motos to work on your bike.

Hey, if your race is only an hour or so long you can get away without it. If the bike is going to get raced hard for 8 to 18 hours then yeah it's actually a good idea. Who is online Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 2 guests. I wish I could remember what I saw it on.

The Bruce. Keeps s broken spoke from poking a hole in the tire ot getting wrapped up in the rear dtive. Forget zip ties. I use twist ties, but only from Mrs. Baird's bread. Years ago they safety wired spokes like that. Zero benefit. The plastic cannot actually grip the spoke tight enough. If the spoke is broken it is going to do what it is going to do.

But, I am referring to DS and offroad bikes, I don't have any coffee house bikes. Safety wire metal would definitely make the spoke stiffer, and might make the spoke less likely to break.

If one spoke is loose and another one tied to it is tight, the tight one helps out the loose one. Zip ties plastic , probably not. Plastic stretches too much. The Bruce said:. Click to expand Good enough for the KTM Dakar team,? Hellwig said:. I haven't seen this since the s, but if it gives you peace of mind, go ahead as it won't hurt.

However, you must remove wire or plastic in order to check and adjust spoke tightness, and that's what you really need to be doing from time to time. Last edited: Apr 25, The only logical excuse I can think of for the brakeless crowd would be " natural selection " Oh man, the velcro strips on your hubs!

Or the plastic split wire loom covering your chain? You know, the corrugated split plastic tubing used to run wires in automotive applications? I remember that. We used to make our brake cables "checkered" with color electrical tape to match our checkered pads. Used to have those little rubber sleeves that would slip over the brake lever too.

At one point, I was turning everything I could find into a valve cap. I actually used trophy ornaments- winged eagles as valve caps. Our school buses had chrome valve caps, so we gripped them. Looks perty!