victorluiz1980
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My spokes are looking a little old and need a good cleaning. Anyone got any hints/tips on getting them good as new?
Dirty Spokes.
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victorluiz1980
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Yeah, I'm thinking of taking a hard(ish) nylon brush to them with some degreaser. Don't expect them to come out good as new, just want to make them a little shinier for the next 20,000 miles.
had mine rebuilt 5 years ago with stainless wow still MUCH better than new as one i don,t have to clean them and stunning
rob
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victorluiz1980
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How much did that cost? I bet they look amazing.
luckily in the uk bike was 12months old with 12 months warranty left, showed them how bad the spokes were and they put a warranty claim in, yamaha said they would rebuild the wheels, lucky the yamaha dealer agreed that the,d look shit again pretty quick.
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so they gave me new spokes and paid for the rebuild, i sold the 2 sets of spokes on ebay as they are crap and HAGON suspension in the UK who make stainless spokes rebuilt them with stainless the stainless spokes were about £85 a set so £170 i didnt pay for rebuild yamaha did but that was 5 years ago and my wheels are stunning
i think they charge about £60 a wheel for the rebuild
rob
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so they gave me new spokes and paid for the rebuild, i sold the 2 sets of spokes on ebay as they are crap and HAGON suspension in the UK who make stainless spokes rebuilt them with stainless the stainless spokes were about £85 a set so £170 i didnt pay for rebuild yamaha did but that was 5 years ago and my wheels are stunning
i think they charge about £60 a wheel for the rebuild
rob
victorluiz1980
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Hmm, thats not as much as I expected. I'll look into how much it costs over here - Florida USA.
YES OVER HERE SPOKES ARE £80-90 ASET and good wheel builders charge £60-80 a wheel i know 2 local that are good
the above link as example in Gemany spokes are 84 euro stainless about £75
Rob
the above link as example in Gemany spokes are 84 euro stainless about £75
Rob
14kmtnman
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I finally pressured washed mine (7 yrs old, 43000 miles) with a some scrubbing when I had them off to do the fork rebuild and rear pivot lube. They look much better but not like new.