When checking my pressure last night I found a broken spoke. I checked all the rest and its only the one. I am sure one spoke is not urgent but I do want to get it fixed. I will be changing the rear tire soon(pick up the new ones on monday) so I would like to quickly find out where to get some individual spokes(want spares) and spoke nuts. Any suggestions/part #s would be apreciated.
On seperate note any advice on how tight to make the spoke upon instelation would also be apreciated.

Not sure why its broke either? Its not bent and there appears to be no damage to the rim. It is rusted around the threaded end that still will poke down into the spoke nut. In fact I put the spoke back in the nut and it stayed in place for the ride home. It could have been broke since I picked up the bike and just glued in by previous owner. Or I may have a corrosion issue happening in all my spokes. Anyone else have rusted out or broken spokes? I am not sure if spoke broke then rusted or broke becuase it was rusted.
Cheers Jim

 

corrosion is typical in spokes in any environment due to dissimilar metals... rim, spoke, spoke nut. Throw in some salty air and it aggravates the problem. Somewhere I think (??) I read that folks living around the ocean hit threaded end of their spokes with WD40 or similar as part of routine maintenance to help slow down the corrosion process.

 

Every time you wash your bike you should spray a dab of WD40 or similar on the spoke nipple and give the nipple a twist back and forth with a spoke wrench to ensure the spoke doesn't seize up the thread. Good practice.

 

Noted