Originally Posted by
Bike4Life1
Greetings,
Have ~4,000 miles on my Trek CrossRip 3... about a month ago was riding along on flat concrete and heard a spoke break. I took it in, had the wheel trued and spoke replaced. Now maybe ~ 100 miles in, it happened again... I'm wondering if the wheel is wore out. Wondering what you folks would recommend...? Should I take it back to fix this second break? Should I replace the wheels upgrading? Replace the bike... ? thinking I may have wore it out...
Any advice is appreciated
thanks
jh
The wheel isn’t “worn out” but it is damaged. I suspect that the wheel wasn’t prepared properly on set up and all the spokes have suffered damage. Breaking one spoke isn’t that bad but breaking 2 over such a short period of time is worrisome.
Wheels
should be checked for tension when they are prepared by a shop prior to sale. Few are. I see 40 year old wheels at my co-op that have loose spokes from the factory. You haven’t told us how old the bike is but this may be a warranty issue if the wheel is less than a year old. Check with the shop if you continue to break spokes. If it isn’t covered under warranty, look into a new wheel. This one is well on the way to being a constant problem.