Bought some black spoke skins off of Amazon for $8, here’s the look.  Absolute pain to get these on.

5 hours ago, TheoremX said:

Bought some black spoke skins off of Amazon for $8, here’s the look.  Absolute pain to get these on.

Nice look! Hope moisture won't be creeping under the sleeves. The OEM spokes are known to corrode quite well.

9 hours ago, Tenerider said:

Nice look! Hope moisture won't be creeping under the sleeves. The OEM spokes are known to corrode quite well.

I was thinking the same.

 

hopefully it will help to prevent corrosion instead of helping it 😛

9 hours ago, TimmyTheHog said:

I was thinking the same.

 

hopefully it will help to prevent corrosion instead of helping it 😛

Super dry here in southern Idaho, I’ll pull a few off in a couple of months or so and check for corrosion, if it does end up being sub par, I’ll update this post and can em.  Not much of a loss at $8 hoping it works out though lol 😅

Edited October 7, 20222 yr by TheoremX

Umm. How are you going to check spoke tension now?

Usual technique is spin the wheel whilst tickling the spokes with something metal or tapping the spokes of a stationary wheel and listening for a "ping"  -- If you get a 'thud' the spoke is loose and needs tensioning.

9 hours ago, Black99S said:

Umm. How are you going to check spoke tension now?

Usual technique is spin the wheel whilst tickling the spokes with something metal or tapping the spokes of a stationary wheel and listening for a "ping"  -- If you get a 'thud' the spoke is loose and needs tensioning.

Man you guys make a compelling case against these, sounds like it’s not worth the look after all 

7 hours ago, TheoremX said:

Man you guys make a compelling case against these, sounds like it’s not worth the look after all 

When was the last time you checked spoke tension?  I haven't since new, but maybe I should every now and again... The look is great! 

55 minutes ago, roygilbo said:

When was the last time you checked spoke tension?  I haven't since new, but maybe I should every now and again... The look is great! 

I just got the bike a couple months ago, only have about 450 miles on it, haven't really gotten around to checking them yet.  They definitely were not anywhere near loose when I was man handling those skins on lol.

48 minutes ago, TheoremX said:

I just got the bike a couple months ago, only have about 450 miles on it, haven't really gotten around to checking them yet.  They definitely were not anywhere near loose when I was man handling those skins on lol.

I should have also asked "Who checks spoke tension?"  haha but I thought I might get an earful.  

I check 'm when i change the tyres or when i have e reason to do so like in Estonia after changing the Anakee Wild for a set Mitas E07.
That front tyre gave me the idea my wheel was out of true so i took my trail jack out and checked the spokes and if the rim was straight (it has to be the tyre).

15 hours ago, roygilbo said:

I should have also asked "Who checks spoke tension?"  haha but I thought I might get an earful.  

Haha yeah for real. I used to check my YZ once every few rides, only because I was doing a lot of rough riding on single/doubletrack. Only had to lightly tighten up a few times.