A customer brought in a rear wheel from a Bontrager Aeolos 3 for repair.
The rear derailleur got tangled up, breaking spokes on the freewheel side.
Three spokes snapped in quick succession — these are the first three impacts,
The next spoke only bent without breaking,
and up to this fourth impact was what needed replacing.
Fixed.
The original spokes were white-painted DT Aero Lites, but since we don't stock those, I repaired it with black CX-RAY spokes of the same weight rating.
The job took just over 10 minutes, definitely less than 15.
As I mentioned in the previous post, Specialized dealers stock replacement spokes for the Roval CL50 and can fix them to at least factory precision or better as a matter of course. Similarly, Trek dealers everywhere should stock replacement spokes for the Aeolos 3 and should be able to repair them to at least factory precision or better (though Bontrager's original precision is on the lower side). If a Trek shop can't do this repair with genuine parts, then selling road bikes and their wheels with that level of technical ability and service is simply wrong — it's just sell-and-forget. Unless they have nothing more capability than pulling together-bikes out of cardboard boxes and moving them from left to right, any Trek shop should be able to fix this wheel with the same parts plus equal or better precision. That's what I told the customer, but for some reason they preferred our quick fix, so that's what we did. Only Trek shops that can repair this wheel faster, more precisely, and cheaper than I can are in any position to criticize me. Someone go ahead and try it.
Though we call it a "quick fix," we're not mixing spokes of different weight ratings, so there won't be any issues like varying spoke deformation and nipples loosening.
↑Replaced spokes
DT Aero Lites came in white and red painted versions, but unlike black, the paint coat is thicker, so no paint reaches the thread.
The rear derailleur got tangled up, breaking spokes on the freewheel side.
Three spokes snapped in quick succession — these are the first three impacts,
The next spoke only bent without breaking,
and up to this fourth impact was what needed replacing.
Fixed.
The original spokes were white-painted DT Aero Lites, but since we don't stock those, I repaired it with black CX-RAY spokes of the same weight rating.
The job took just over 10 minutes, definitely less than 15.
As I mentioned in the previous post, Specialized dealers stock replacement spokes for the Roval CL50 and can fix them to at least factory precision or better as a matter of course. Similarly, Trek dealers everywhere should stock replacement spokes for the Aeolos 3 and should be able to repair them to at least factory precision or better (though Bontrager's original precision is on the lower side). If a Trek shop can't do this repair with genuine parts, then selling road bikes and their wheels with that level of technical ability and service is simply wrong — it's just sell-and-forget. Unless they have nothing more capability than pulling together-bikes out of cardboard boxes and moving them from left to right, any Trek shop should be able to fix this wheel with the same parts plus equal or better precision. That's what I told the customer, but for some reason they preferred our quick fix, so that's what we did. Only Trek shops that can repair this wheel faster, more precisely, and cheaper than I can are in any position to criticize me. Someone go ahead and try it.
Though we call it a "quick fix," we're not mixing spokes of different weight ratings, so there won't be any issues like varying spoke deformation and nipples loosening.
↑Replaced spokes
DT Aero Lites came in white and red painted versions, but unlike black, the paint coat is thicker, so no paint reaches the thread.