Originally Posted by
FBinNY
IME, the single biggest factor causing spoke breakage or short wheel life is riding style. At your weight, it's even more important.
So, questions.
How good or bad are your roads?
Do you lift off the saddle for bumps and potholes?
Do you try to bunny hop?
Do you tend to push higher gears or spin lower gears?
How do you mount and dismount?
Do you tend to lean or rock the bike on hard climbs or otherwise, not counting turns?
You can deal with the wheel, ie. fix or replace, but looking for underlying causes will help in the long term.
the roads are good, no real pot holes but there are spots where I would not want to hit because it would be jarring...
normally, I do lift off the saddle for bumps or dips in the road (smoother ride that way)
not really a bunny hop more like a tiny wheelie and only going into a parking lot that has a "concrete lip" that is raised from the road...
This would be where the most stress is put onto the rear wheel even though I do this out of the saddle
don't know why they do that for a parking lob but it is, what it is...
mount by shifting the bike with the drive side upwards, and lift my leg over the seat to the drive side pedal...
I live in new jersey where it is pretty flat... so no real rocking the bike on hard climbs.