Silverline Spoke Key 10 - 15 Gauge (535535)

I have never trued a wheel before, and mine had been bent by a dog running into me and knocking me off my bike so thought I'd try a spoke key. I actually got the wheel near enough true, but I did find the circular key a bit fiddly and I kept dropping it. Other than that, it works and it looks strong enough.

As mentioned by other reviewers, works well for the average user. If you're looking for prolonged and reliable use it's probably best to invest in a higher quality tool. Nonetheless, a great tool to have in your arsenal.

This gizmo does work, very well. I had an annoying wobble on my back wheel that felt like somebody was kicking the bike while I was pedaling. When I finally got round to using this spoke key it was much easier than I expected and surprisingly effective. I watched an instruction video online and marked the rim with a pen where it deviated away and then tightened a few spokes on that side in the area to draw the wheel back inline. Simple. dunno why I was dreading it. With a little more time I'm sure I can get it near perfect. I have cancelled my plan to buy a new wheel as this one will still be ok. For the record it's a 26 inch wheel,on a cheap MTB and I used the number 14 gauge on the spokes with no problems. BTW...have you seeeen the price of new back wheels. I almost fell off my bike !

Great spoke tightener for this newbie to repairing a broken spoke. Mine were a 14 gauge but lots of options to test and find the one for you. Solid build too and a good price.Quick tip, if you are only fixing one spoke. Firstly don't over tighten as you might ping another. This happened to me fortunately not whilst out and about. I trued the wheel then went a little further probably putting strain on other spokes. I read somewhere that a 1/4 turn to loosen opposing spokes helps with this. One piece of advice that I like was to tap all of the spokes gently with a spanner or similar. Any that are at risk of snapping a likely to do so at this point, rather than when you cycle over that pot hole.

Easy to use and good quality too.

My new bike had only covered 200km before the back wheel was slightly rubbing on the brake blocks. Checked all the spokes by giving them a twang like a guitar string to find one loose compared to the rest which corresponded to the part of the rim that was touching the block.I then watched a couple of online videos to find it didn’t look too hard to correct but require a specific spoke tool to adjust.I tightened the spoke by a full turn and the wheel is no longer buckled and back to being true. Very simple and the multi spoke tool did the job perfectly.Update 18/12/18. Spoke key also doubles up as a Presta valve core removal tool. Size 11 does the job.

Needed this to true my bicycle wheel. The wheel was slightly bent and was rubbing against the break pad so i thought about doing it myself. The key works fine it has all the different sizes, so you will be fine regardless of the size of your spoke nipples. it's very small and light and can easily be carried around in your backpack. If you want to carry out basic bike maintenance such as truing a slightly bent wheel then you should have one of these to hand, word of caution if the wheel is heavily bent take it to a professional.

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