Originally Posted by
Jarrett2
One problem though, the rear wheel gave out around 40 miles in. Several of the NDS spokes lost all tension and warped the wheel around 40 miles in. Thankfully, I was on a supported ride and there was a mechanic at the next rest stop. He put the spokes back to tension, but said the rim was toast. I'm really glad the bike is a disc bike with tons of clearance for bigger tires, so even with the warped rim, it continued to ride. 15 miles later at the next rest stop, the spokes were unwound again. I borrowed a spoke wrench and brought them back to tension. The ride was over 7 miles later and the spokes seemed fine then.
I took it in to the LBS and they said they will give me a new wheel or credit towards a new wheelset Monday after they talk to Specialized. I'm around 275 by the way and the weight limit on the bike per Specialized is 300 lbs. So beware the stock wheels on the base model if pushing around those weights. The Comp and xPoler versions may have stouter wheels, not sure. It may have just been a bad wheel from the factory though. ~1800 miles on my stock Secteur wheels with zero issue and I was at or above 325 when I started riding those.
I bought a 2016 comp a few months ago & have also had the rear wheel non-drive-side spokes loosen up on their own.
I have Schwalbe 37-622 Marathon Plus tires on it except for a little fire road riding I did with the stock Ground Control 29x1.9" back on. I weigh 220 and don't like much weight up front.
The first trip to the bike store with noises while mashing had them grease the seat post, bottom bracket and freehub as well as tighten spokes. After it started pinging and the rear derailleur was rubbing on spokes when on the 42T, I look a look & tightened some spokes again. They loosened
again, so I put the wheel in a stand & brought all the NDS spokes up to about 70 kgf & the DS to a max of 122.
Still loosened, so I put
Loctite 222 on all the spoke threads on the NDS side that had loosened after 20 (!) miles and re-tensioned again. 70 is low, but when I asked the bike shop to ask Specialized about a max on the DS, the answer was that there isn't a spec, but 100-110 is a good guideline. OK, yeah. When I checked the front (w/ a Park Tool TM-1), both sides were over 160.
So, I'm replacing the rear with a 36h hand built wheel. Dyad rim, White Bros. hub. Hope it works...
The seatpost collar also just wouldn't hold so I replaced it with a Salsa Lip-Lock. Yes, I own a torque wrench, though Specialized's only spec calls for 6.2 Nm which I suspect is for aluminum or carbon. 7 Nm on the Lip-Lock holds fine.
The rear triangle is awfully spindly. I kind of like mashing against a springy bike and I'd heard about this before I bought it, but I'm able to cause the chain to rub on adjacent sprockets.
I'm 6'3", but wanted a shorter top tube, so chose a large instead of XL and replaced the 350mm seat post with a 400mm Ritchey Comp Link Alloy.