A customer dropped off the rear wheel of a Bora 35 with me.
It's someone I've known for a long time, but
when they called and asked "do you have spokes in stock for the left side of the Bora 35 rear wheel?"
I answered "probably," so they said they'd stop by the shop after work, but
3 out of 7 spokes on the non-freewheel side were broken, and
the remaining 4 were all bent.
Apparently they got rear-ended by a mamachari (utility bike), but
the frame seemed to have no damage.
As for Bora spokes, they come 4 to a box, but
we keep the same spokes together in one box at the shop.
There's definitely more than 7 pieces, so the repair is guaranteed.
If we were in a rush and didn't have them, as a makeshift measure,
we could use CX-RAY spokes (Shimano performance hub bracing system).
Later, if we did a complete swap instead of reverting to OEM spokes,
going all CX Sprint would work out perfectly as a left-right asymmetric build
with the right inverse diameter assembly in terms of spoke weight distribution.
For this Bora, the front spokes and rear left spokes
are the same length and interchangeable, but
with Zonda they're slightly different lengths, so
they're separate spare parts.
With both Bora and Zonda, the radial lacing spokes
have crushing at the spoke neck to prevent rotation
(so the spoke doesn't twist), but
the hub flange holes are compatible with standard spokes too.
G3 lacing is a type of 2:1 lacing, and with 2:1 lacing,
the spoke tension on the non-freewheel side is as high as the freewheel side, so
spoke rotation is unlikely even without the crushing at the neck.
It's fixed.
I fixed it with OEM spokes.
The spoke neck crushing I mentioned earlier
can be confirmed if you look closely at the image above.
When the customer called asking about spoke inventory,
I didn't say everything was damaged, so
at that point there was no guarantee it could be fixed, but
ridiculously, they showed up after work by train
with the whole bike packed in a wheelie bag.
They were already wearing racer shorts, but
they were fancy Rapha shorts with side pockets so
from a layperson's perspective, they were right on the edge of not looking like
a "bulging spandex-wearing old guy."
What I'm trying to say is,
even though this customer is someone I know well,
they brought in the Bora rear wheel in that condition
and expected it to be fixed on the spot
without even leaving it for repair. I should smack 'em.
If there's another shop where that flies, tell me about it.
After the work was done, they folded up the wheelie bag and put it in their bag,
pulled out a helmet instead,
and rode away under their own power.
↑Replaced spokes
It's someone I've known for a long time, but
when they called and asked "do you have spokes in stock for the left side of the Bora 35 rear wheel?"
I answered "probably," so they said they'd stop by the shop after work, but
3 out of 7 spokes on the non-freewheel side were broken, and
the remaining 4 were all bent.
Apparently they got rear-ended by a mamachari (utility bike), but
the frame seemed to have no damage.
As for Bora spokes, they come 4 to a box, but
we keep the same spokes together in one box at the shop.
There's definitely more than 7 pieces, so the repair is guaranteed.
If we were in a rush and didn't have them, as a makeshift measure,
we could use CX-RAY spokes (Shimano performance hub bracing system).
Later, if we did a complete swap instead of reverting to OEM spokes,
going all CX Sprint would work out perfectly as a left-right asymmetric build
with the right inverse diameter assembly in terms of spoke weight distribution.
For this Bora, the front spokes and rear left spokes
are the same length and interchangeable, but
with Zonda they're slightly different lengths, so
they're separate spare parts.
With both Bora and Zonda, the radial lacing spokes
have crushing at the spoke neck to prevent rotation
(so the spoke doesn't twist), but
the hub flange holes are compatible with standard spokes too.
G3 lacing is a type of 2:1 lacing, and with 2:1 lacing,
the spoke tension on the non-freewheel side is as high as the freewheel side, so
spoke rotation is unlikely even without the crushing at the neck.
It's fixed.
I fixed it with OEM spokes.
The spoke neck crushing I mentioned earlier
can be confirmed if you look closely at the image above.
When the customer called asking about spoke inventory,
I didn't say everything was damaged, so
at that point there was no guarantee it could be fixed, but
ridiculously, they showed up after work by train
with the whole bike packed in a wheelie bag.
They were already wearing racer shorts, but
they were fancy Rapha shorts with side pockets so
from a layperson's perspective, they were right on the edge of not looking like
a "bulging spandex-wearing old guy."
What I'm trying to say is,
even though this customer is someone I know well,
they brought in the Bora rear wheel in that condition
and expected it to be fixed on the spot
without even leaving it for repair. I should smack 'em.
If there's another shop where that flies, tell me about it.
After the work was done, they folded up the wheelie bag and put it in their bag,
pulled out a helmet instead,
and rode away under their own power.
↑Replaced spokes