Originally Posted by
bampilot06
my buddy broke another spoke. today. This has to be the 12th time if not more. Last time, he was suppose to do a century with me (last monday). We were rolling on the cap trail and snap! front spoke snapped. He didnt continue the ride and once he got home determined all the spokes were over torqued. Readjusted and today he broke another one 2 miles in on a ride.
I told him to trash the wheels, but he is determined to find out why this is happening.
What wheels? How heavy is he? I've never met anyone who has broken more spokes and trashed more wheels than I have.
In my experience once a wheel starts breaking spokes it's time to relace the wheel. The key is to find a wheel builder who knows what he is doing and takes the time to tension the spokes evenly.