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Old 08-16-11 | 09:35 AM
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Originally Posted by dcrowell
After breaking a number of spokes on my first (cheap) bike, I invested in hand-built wheels. That fixed the problem.
When I started breaking spokes, I simply invested in a ~$100 non-hand-built wheelset and never had problems after that. Cheap bikes just come with cheap wheels, good for riders up to about 200 lb. Simply getting new wheels, even fairly low-end ones, is an improvement.
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