toddjlyons
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Well, 1200 miles of happy motoring on my wife's '58 Schwinn until I saw her rear wheel wobbling. Checked it and found several loose spokes. Tightened them and proceeded on another trip. Wobble reapeared. When we got home I found that we had eight broken spokes! The compression rubber had held them in but, it was it's own worst enemy. When you compress the sprocket onto the spokes it causes a friction point on the vintage spokes that basically "file" each other until they break in two.
I've rebuilt the wheel with thicker spokes and went ahead and put a "shmear" of grease on the crossing point of the spokes. Please be aware of this, I can see this as a major flaw in these applications. TJ
I've rebuilt the wheel with thicker spokes and went ahead and put a "shmear" of grease on the crossing point of the spokes. Please be aware of this, I can see this as a major flaw in these applications. TJ