[mack]

So im riding in theparking lot practicing to learn to get the 180 bunny hop down and to sustain a wheelie for a long time, and i start hearing the clink noise about every rotation on the rear wheel. Look down, seem OK.

well, then go to feel the spokes, every single spoke is very loose, as in you can pull then up and down, what the hell happened. I knew this wheel wasnt the best, but how come it just died like this all of a sudden?

 

[lovebunny]

sick.

 

[oly]

Gnomes.

 

[erikkellison]

It happened over a period of time, it's not instant... It's sorta happened to me with half a friends wheel once, I have no explanation how it happens though, other than to think that once a few loosen, it makes it much easier for more to loosen to do the spokes lacking neighboring tension. Maybe one got stripped and the rest loosened as a result (I mean, the stuff you're doing isn't exactly nice to a wheel).

 

[Mattoid]

landing 90 degrees will mess with your wheels!

 

[The Kadvang]

landing 90 degrees will mess with your wheels!

Yeah, learning 180s is rough stuff.

 

[dhmtbj]

You'd be surprised how much your wheels flex...as others have stated this happened over time and was most likely a result of 180 attempts as they put horizontal loads on a wheel design mainly for vertical loads. The wheel, if not destroyed, needs to be retensioned and most likely trued.

 

[pZyteX]

I had the same thing on my downhill bike, halfway through a run my rear end started to feel kind of wierd in the corners. So I stop to check and find out that all the spokes are loose.

 

[dromond]

Gnomes.

Ahahaha yes it's definitely gnomes.

 

[BigMike]

this is why everyone should run solid wheels. Screw this spoke stuff!

 

[mack]

has any one ever run the solid grimeca wheels? Are they any good?

 

[ioscope]

My freind did that to a wheel of mine once! 90 pivots for sure!

 

[ohio]

When my bud was learning 360s, he had to switch to SPIN wheels (circa 95) after tacoing every spoked wheel he built. Worked like a charm, except rim dings were a b!tch.

 

[The Kadvang]

When my bud was learning 360s, he had to switch to SPIN wheels (circa 95) after tacoing every spoked wheel he built. Worked like a charm, except rim dings were a b!tch.

Oh man I wish I could thug some of those, but I can almost get 180s now... Threes tho, no way.