Originally Posted by
Olaf330
So for the third time this month, I've snapped a rear spoke. It's always the spoke connected at the drive side, right at the spoke head bend. The rims are Alexrims ID19, 32 hole.
I've had the spokes replaced for free where the bike was purchased at Performance Bike. They mentioned after the third one they'll look into a warranty replacement. They feel it may be a defective rim or hub. I dunno.
Will it matter though? I'm 250 lbs. Is this wheel too weak for me? Do I need to look into something substantially stronger? I've been riding this bike since I was a heftier 280 lbs. and haven't had any problems until recently.
Until they:
1. Rebuild the wheel with all new spokes again...
2. Show you the tension meter reading on the drive side...
3. And convert on the chart the reading confirming an average of 110kgf for that side of the wheel...
...they can't make any claims as to hub, rim or spokes...
Undertensiong of spokes is typically the #1 cause of broken spokes at the elbow of the head....
Your current spokes are probably fatigued already - so the rebuild needs to be with all new spokes.
=8-)