Originally Posted by
clink83
You guys kind of don't know what you're talking about. Proper spoke tension will not do squat for a 240lb guy if the rim itself is becoming D shaped under his weight. If you are bending the rim, spoke tension will decrease then increase over and over, which will unscrew the spokes or break them. Stop blaming the LBS for a ****ty rim.
The whole point with proper tension is to prevent the rim from deforming.What you're describing is a unevenly tensioned wheel.The only spokes i've broken were on 30 year old fatigued wheels.I'm trying to keep my wheels as properly tensioned as possible and all my sets have been fine ,including cheap single wall 27" ones.I'm 260 btw.
I'm not saying that the LBS sucks, but if OP has gone to the same shop to fix half the spokes they could have suggested a rebuild at some point.