Originally Posted by
RubeRad
Well everybody in England still uses stones, I would have thought Canadians would use kg though...
How many spokes in the wheels you're breaking?
At your weight I'd recommend min 32 rear, 28 front.
Sheldon Brown has some great info about "How many spokes".
We are predominantly metric but Americans have brained washed us to use pounds. I couldn't even tell you my KGs without looking up conversion charts.
I broke 3 spokes within a week of one another. I was climbing and heard a 'ding' sound the felt my wheel dragging the brakes.