On Tue, 20 Nov 2018 17:50:37 -0000 (UTC), Bill wrote:

Tim wrote:

10:22 AMBill
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Dump the wire wheels. And be a nice bike.

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You’d think spikes would have been well obsolete by the early 70s. I
just recently saw an article why spike is still used though. And it
wasn’t really a “retro” thing...


I had a spoke break and shortly thereafter was a very Squirrelly bike.

Did you replace the spoke and tune them? Many folks think the spokes will just last indefinitely
without maintenance.