I wonder about this. Seems a spoke would make an excellent and easily replaceable stay protector, but I wonder if I would want to rely on a replacement spoke which has had my chain bounced off of it a hundred-thousand times. I vote for a couple of spokes stashed elsewhere as spares.
jeff slotkin
Goose Creek, SC
>Norris.Lockley@btopenworld.com writes:
>
>I dispense with the leather strap, and replace it with three spokes held in
>place by a couple of brazed-on devices I file up for the job, one end
>taking the spoke heads and the other securing the spokes and nipples in
>place.
>This is a very functional way of keeping the chainstay clean and unmarked,
>and
>it provides an alternative home for the spare spokes.
>
Lou adds...
>
>I've seen the spokes on the right chainstay on a couple of touring frames,
>most notably a Rodriquez I once owned. I always thought carrying spare
>spokes
>in the seattube made since, but I have to admit putting them on the
>chainstay serves a dual purpose plus looks kind of cool. Lou Deeter,
>Orlando FL