Originally Posted by
irpheus
And thank you so much for taking the time to write about your thoughts and experiences. In relation to mew's experiences I'm surprised that the parts he originally bought actually did break down.
To mew: I noticed that you wrote that the rims and the hubs were the parts that broke from time to time. How about the spokes? Did they work out fine or?
I've put some weight and strain on these components, so it is more like the rims wearing out (after ~10,000+ miles of braking) and hubs also after many miles. Some of it is likely since I weigh above average. As far as spokes go, once I've had the "bombproof" wheels built it is very rare that a spoke itself breaks (perhaps one or two total), and typically the 48-spoke wheels remain very true.