Originally Posted by
Bianchigirll
I am not quite sure I follow you, all the spokes receive even cycles of flex so would they all break at the same time? I ride lots of different wheels and while I have had my share of broke spokes I think it has more to do with riding style and the quality of the starting product. when I was younger and hit every pothole and cranks in the road I had lots of trouble with my wheels. as I got be a smoother rider and rode better hand built wheels I broke less spokes. but I think is was as much change in riding style then the wheels.
llmercll: what kind of bike and wheels do you have?
Were talking about heavy riders, not people who are careless. If you're over 185ish alot of rims are too weak to support your weight, and will bend or break spokes no matter what you do. I broke a spoke on my shimano r500 rims riding 10mph on a flat section of smooth road.
Try taking a peice of coat hanger wire and bending several sections till they break, you'll see they wont break exactly at the same time.