MichaelO
Guru
I'm starting to lose the will to live with this... I bought a set of Fulcrum 5's earlier in the year, and put them on the bike at the beginning of March (I'd never suffered a broken spoke with the stock wheels that came with the bike - circa 4,000 miles).
After 800 miles on the new wheels, a spoke snapped (Friday 9th May) - took it to a shop near work, had it fixed & the wheel trued & cycled home. A different spoke then went the following Wednesday (14th) - this time I took it to my trusty LBS at the weekend. They took it & ordered in a new spoke and gave me a spare wheel while they had mine, so I could keep cycling. I put this down to either poor re-truing the first time, or something wrong with the wheel... I'm yet to get my wheel back - hopefully tomorrow.
Anyway, I've commuted every day this week, so covered about 180 miles on the borrowed wheel - and this morning I suffered another broken spoke (on the wheel given to me by the shop!!). What the heck am I doing wrong!?
We can all do with losing a few pounds, but I weight 13 1/2 stone, so nothing crazy. I commute into London, and while there are potholes about, I know where they all are and avoid them. What else could be causing me to suddenly break 3 spokes on 2 different wheel in a fortnight?!
After 800 miles on the new wheels, a spoke snapped (Friday 9th May) - took it to a shop near work, had it fixed & the wheel trued & cycled home. A different spoke then went the following Wednesday (14th) - this time I took it to my trusty LBS at the weekend. They took it & ordered in a new spoke and gave me a spare wheel while they had mine, so I could keep cycling. I put this down to either poor re-truing the first time, or something wrong with the wheel... I'm yet to get my wheel back - hopefully tomorrow.
Anyway, I've commuted every day this week, so covered about 180 miles on the borrowed wheel - and this morning I suffered another broken spoke (on the wheel given to me by the shop!!). What the heck am I doing wrong!?
We can all do with losing a few pounds, but I weight 13 1/2 stone, so nothing crazy. I commute into London, and while there are potholes about, I know where they all are and avoid them. What else could be causing me to suddenly break 3 spokes on 2 different wheel in a fortnight?!