Originally Posted by
johde
Sorry to hear about the troubles with your wheels. I'm about 320lbs + clothing and I haven't had any troubles with the wheels of my 7.2FX. I've got 211 miles on it in the 2 months I've had it. I've try to be pretty religious about keeping the tires pumped up to the max pressure of 80lbs at least once a week and before any ride of over 15 miles or so. I'm also careful about large pot holes and curbs, but I do bike regularly across brick streets. Hopefully the new wheel works out for you and the first one was just a random defect. That being said, when I take it in to get the cables readjusted I'm going to ask him how the wheels are holding up and check for even tension on the spokes.
If you haven't already, take the bike back and have them readjust the tension figuring your weight has probably knocked it out at this point.
200 miles is not really enough to have had any broken spokes at this point. Broken spokes usually break after 2000 miles in my experience. If you take it back now, you're doing yourself a big favor, if not, expect trouble down the road.
