Re: constantly tightening loose spokes

This indicates a poorly built wheel or something is broken. If nothing is broken; poorly built is the only choice - even with cheap components.

@Albino WinoI am quite a bit heavier than you; my main rides are a '92 PDG70 and a mid '90's Trek 720 (project finished only about 6 weeks ago). The wheels on the 720 came from my '82 Schwinn World Tourist and have over 5K miles on them since I built them. The PDG70 wheels have over 2K miles on them this year. Both sets of wheels use Wheelmaster 40H "tandem" hubs, Wheelsmith spokes, Velocity Dyad/Aeroheat rims. About $250- for rims, spokes and hubs per set from Niagara. I just ride, never have to worry about the wheels.

Peter White builds wheels that you never have to worry about too.