Originally Posted by
Jeff Wills
Wrong. The OP reports that 3 spokes have broken and been repaired. When this many spokes have broken, it's a sign that all of them have been subject to metal fatigue due to poor build quality. Adding tension to them will only hasten their demise. A competent wheel builder will tell you this before he starts working on the wheel.
The only reliable fix is relacing the wheel with all new spokes by a competent builder who knows how to properly tension a wheel.
FWIW: I weigh 60 pounds more than the OP. I build all my own wheels with conservative parts and high, even tension. In the past 20 years I have not broken a single spoke in normal use- not one.
as I said on my first post, before the OP replaces the spokes he will do best to first check the spoke tension all around the wheel and especially on the NDS. Properly tensioned spokes do not break at the frequency the OP has been experiencing, slackened spokes do.