Originally Posted by
Huskysibe
I ride paved trail that's pretty uniformly smooth. I need to drop some weight anyhow, hopefully these wheels will hold up until I can upgrade the whole bike. Thanks for your insight, I thought they may be a little low on the spoke count for my size but I hadn't ridden in over 10 years and technology changed so much so I just let him do his thing in suggesting a bike for me. Next time I will have a lot more input.
It's a very nice bike...
Wheels are an issue.
People round here seem to discount the hassle of breaking things.
I broke a number of spokes on 40 spoke wheels.
Fortunately, I was never stranded by a broken spoke. That there were 40 probably got me home, minus rear brakes of course...
Was though stranded 10+ miles from home by a wheel bearing. It was damn hot, dangerously hot... I had run out of water before the front wheel seized. It was a very uncomfortable walk home. Fortunately, a guy picked me up. Who in their right mind picks up a then middle aged 280lb weight lifting sweaty hitchhiker in spandex? I am damn grateful to that guy. I still got sick from the heat as it was...
Built up a bike a while after that. The primary requirement when building it is reliability.
Heavy yes, but then so am I...
A lot of riders don't recognize the unique stresses people our weight and strength places on bikes. I had 3 problems on my 2007 Fuji Tourer. I would tear the rear wheel free and it would jam into the chainstay if I peddled hard. I broke a lot of spokes on the rear wheel (drive side), and just couldn't get the canti's to provide adequate braking... Tried many shops and mechanics, even a builder. I loved this bike, it fit ever so well. But these were fatal flaws...
So, please consider asking them to retension the wheels... And save up for wheel set scaled for your size.