Nomu Lab Diary

Racing 7

A customer brought in the rear wheel from a Racing 7 for repairs.
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A kickstand that hooks onto the quick release lever got tangled up and
bent some spokes.

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I found a clearly bent spoke on the freewheel side.
But the lateral wobble was most pronounced at a different position,
so I checked the area directly below and

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found another bent spoke on the non-freewheel side.
These appear to be separate deformations that happened at different times, not simultaneously.

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Fixed.

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Replacement spoke
The blue color on the rim side sticker indicates
this is not a retail individual wheel version
but a special OEM specification for complete bike manufacturers.
I assumed it was Specialized and asked the customer,
but it turned out to be a Colnago instead.

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