how to tie spokes

what is the benefit of tying the spokes? does it reduce the likelihood of them breaking?

seems to me it would make them less flexible there for less likely to bend but that's just a guess.

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Stiffens the wheels up and if you do break a spoke, which I never have, I imagine it would keep it in line with the rest and not flopping around.

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I tied the spokes on my 700c wheel when I put a GEBE system on my bike because I was afraid it would break some spokes. I used small nylon ties and it did stiffen up the wheel. Also did not have any problem with broken spokes. Letting those crossed spokes support each other seems to do the job. Cheap fast and effective.

Yea, you ride it with a whip and spiked patten leather boots too? Ohh the pain,
Unless you have taken half the spokes out, don't fret yourself about it. The spokes are really strong. They are stronger than a "mag" wheel. Keep them tight tho. Once a month is a good time to check them, unless you have had a unusual ride.

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some people just dont want to do the work. No one has tried it yet they say how zip ties work much better. zip ties are a joke all they do is hold the spokes in place.

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I also used wire ties on my spokes, running a 50t sprocket I was worried about the torque, as most of the time I dont peddle to start off. Close to 1000 miles on a Wallyworld bike and no problems.....

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Excellent tutorial Astronut, thanks

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That's a lot of extra work for the same effect....you only need so much "extra strength".

Zip ties are not a joke at all and work very well....holding the spokes in place just as well as your uber retentive wire job does.

It is a good tutorial if you have all day to do something like that.

I also like the added efficiency of being able to cut the zip ties off in 1 second rather than make a nest of a mess removing all that expensive wire/time if you need to.

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I liked the look of the wire ties looked like a clean job. I'am confused about the zip ties pic of zip set up please. Although I never had a prob with my spokes just tighten em up