Cool! Good to know. I'll have to see if I can make up a note to put it on next year's calendar.
They make some scooter wheel like that with heavy gage spokes, maybe find one and get a wheel ready just incase............Curti made some new spokes for my 12 inch chopper today
I had noticed something was odd when a freind rode away from me, the wheel seemed to bend to one side. upon closer inspection i found 4(!) broken spokes. they had sheared off at the hub on the back side of the mushroom. I assume they were cut by the twisting action. there were also some burrs on the hub.
When I removed the rag joint i found 3 more broken spokes. The entire hub assembly could rotate or twist a little.
I am not really surprised by any of this. The wheel is only 12", the 24 spokes don't even cross, i have a small-ish rear cog, i weigh like 275, and this bike was really made for very little kids.
I smooothed the burrs off, and cut "new" spokes from an old wheel. I purchased a hozan c-700 threader. It worked great, but i removed the crank arm and chucked it up in my cordless drill.(make sure you don't have any burrs and oil before each cut)
I tensioned the spokes quite tite. There are not vey many, and twisting seems likely.I should have probably replaced all the spokes, but we will see how it goes...
gonna get the wheel back on tomorrow and go for a putt.
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ps new spokes are silver
Lol yeah I rode with my toe balanced on the crank arm for bout two months. Felt crazy an unsafe but I made it around town an too an from work.Found my left peddle loose, so I tightened it (left hand threads).
Then realized it's stripped out... S.O.B
I'm gonna look like a fool riding a bike with one crank arm til I get a new one.
Yep lots of fun till you get a speeding ticket like I did today lol. I use a skateboard wheel for the tensioner works great.What did I do to my bike today well I road The BlackHawk almost 40 miles today on a good shake down run. I only got to 40mph or so but damn there is so much more in her. I did find a couple links like my chain tensioner the gear is no better then a wheel of a kit. also had to replace my clutch center bolt but other then those 2 things The BlackHawk is 100%. She got to show a Zeda rider how a Motorized can run lol and it is fun when a cop pulls besides you at a light rolls down his passenger window and says cool bike.