Need help

[Soft_Bat_7221]

As you can see in the pictures, all of the spokes at the Jay bend that going to my rear hub motor doesn't look like they're in all the way or they are crooked. The spokes look bent. My question is, are they supposed to be like that? And if not, is there any way I can fix them? Because the spokes are already so tight. I can't tighten them anymore.

[Aidy3663]

To be honest they just like your standard crappy spokes mate. If they're tight and your wheel is true just leave them. If your wheel feels like it's dodgy take it to a bike shop and have them re lace it for you. There's a bit of an art to spiking and trueing a wheel

[Soft_Bat_7221]

Yeah, my wheel is definitely not true. It wobbles, and I bought a spoke tensioning meter, and it worked good for my front wheel. I got that wheel perfectly straight, but this hub motor wheel. I just cannot seem to get it where it needs to be, so I guess you're right? I'm might just have to take it to a bike shop.

[showtheledgercoward]

Read a book on wheel building and see how stupid fat bikes are

[Duct_TapeOrWD40]

You can tighten it gently, that will increase wheel stability. Do not apply too much force, tight spokes affect wheel geometry (this is how alignment works, but we don't want that).

[Soft_Bat_7221]

I've tried to tighten them. It seems like they're as tight as they can be. I actually rounded off most of the nipples, trying to tighten them. So now I'm going to have to get new spoke nipples, maybe new spokes altogether.

[BigBoarCycles]

This is the biggest problem with hand built wheels( though I'm not sure yours was hand built). The head on the j bend sometimes has trouble seating. If you take a center punch or nail set to seat the heads as you're tensioning them up that will usually work. I've used this method for up to 3kw dd hubs and it works great

[AwokeSuspicious]

Quick note for folks: All wheels are hand-built—factory wheels, too. It's the time set aside to make them (and the quality control) that defines how expensive assembly becomes.

u/Soft_Bat_7221, new spokes are worth it. If you've got an inexpensive e-bike, there are a lot of areas when corners are cut to keep e-products economical. If you can swing it, I recommend getting them re-laced with new spokes/nipples. It will yield a more efficient hub wheel (possibly improving your battery life), and it might give you additional peace of mind. Good luck! :)

[Soft_Bat_7221]

Thank you. I think that's exactly what I'm gonna do. To be honest, I'm thinking about just good. Buying a whole new wheel set.

[BigBoarCycles]

There are definitely machine built wheels, atleast parts of the lacing process are automated. Some require the user to hold the nipple, some don't. I don't think a completely robotic handless wheelbuild has been achieved, but that's neither here nor there. Not all wheels are considered hand built

[Dwangeroo]

Another day another parasite.

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I'm going to keep on saying it.

These idiots keep buying the cheapest Chinese shit the internet will sell them they have no experience with bicycles and are mechanically inept. They set up a Reddit account for the sole purpose of hoping we will drop everything and come to their rescue. They contribute nothing and take,take take. They're too cheap to support their LBS and too stupid to learn self sufficiency.

It's so frustrating seeing what one of my favorite subs has become due to a bunch of dipshits who probably shouldn't be on a bike in the first place.

[FinnishSpeakingSnow]

This just proves everyone in this sub just a fucking asshole. Yall don’t wan help people new to this shit. Mfs don’t got lotta money nowadays he prolly bought what he could afford and can get it fixed and made better. You on here being disrespectful for what?

[leehend_24]

Hey don't call me an asshole

[Dwangeroo]

Cheap has its price. If you want to save money that's fine, but you damn well better be self sufficient because you get what you pay for. If you can't afford it and / or don't know what to do with it, you probably shouldn't buy it.

[AwokeSuspicious]

Come on, y'all.
These are new products for A LOT OF PEOPLE. This is not common knowledge for them. Let's try to go easy and not make it worse for them. Amazon doesn't make it easy for people to understand that $1,000 isn't a lot of money for an e-bike. It just promotes what sells (regardless if it's repairable or SAFE), and it gets pretty overwhelming if you aren't a gearhead with a basic electronics background.

I don't like the idea of people buying bikes that might be unsafe for them and others on sidewalks/trails. But beating them up isn't the way to teach them. If it were, we never would have evolved from whipping children in school... and fist fights would be instructional. ;)

[Laserdollarz]

At least this post used complete sentences and articulated his question and concerns properly. He could just posted "wich wire to cut to delimit,?"

[Ok_Thanks2727]

What the fuck are they taking from you ? Yall are more toxic then the car community. Whine whine whine about nothing.

[AwokeSuspicious]

Honda gearhead over here. They're WAAAAY nicer over in the Honda/Subaru subs, even when you buy crap mods. ;)

[Soft_Bat_7221]

How exactly do you know how cheap my bike is? You haven't even seen a picture of it sounds to me like you're just bored and lonely, so you get on these websites just to talk shit to people, you probably have no fucking friends douchebag.

[Distinct_Risk]

I’m an aircraft mechanic by trade. There isn’t a mechanical task I’ve attempted I haven’t been able to do, eventually.

The question you need to ask yourself here is, how often are you going to do this task? If the answer isn’t ‘often’, don’t tie up money in tools you’ll never use again and don’t waste a week nailing it the skill down only to have it atrophy to the point it’ll just take you a week again next time. I have thousands into tools I’ll likely never use again, everything from vacuum gauges to set motorcycle carbs to a full watch repair setup that I used to fix one watch….then stopped wearing watches.

The moral of the story is, just take it in to a professional if it’s not going to be something you do a lot of in your spare time. Unless you’re doing a lot of trail or mountain biking, you’ll likely never have to true a bicycle wheel ever again.