Originally Posted by
wmodavis
I believe that as nc said it is a poor build of your wheels. But you have provided very little information to go by other than you are breaking spokes. It might help to know which side of rear wheel, where the breakage occurred (in middle, near nipple, at elbow), type of spoke (straight, butted, gauge), your weight and type of terrain you ride, spoke tensions (each side of wheel front & rear).
And I do not see how changing the rim would fix a spoke breaking problem unless it is a damages rim which results in uneven spoke tension to bring it into true.
I'm not to good with bike terminology, but I'll do my best to describe it.
They are breaking at the rim where they go through a collar. This is the back tire, not sure which side of the tire, or which type of spoke or any of that info. I weigh 280-290, I ride on sidewalks about half the time, and go trail riding the rest. This last break I heard it after hitting a bump on a trail, the one before it I set it down on the patio and POP another broken one. The other times it happened I didn't even notice until the breaks were making noise because the wheel was running out of round. As far as the specific info about what you asked the people at the bike shop have been fixing my bike so I don't really have that info.