Originally Posted by
GamblerGORD53
The only thing lower than that bike is bigbox stuff. So you can't expect much. Even less with a big rider.
If 2.3 bend DS spokes don't help, then you need a better bike.
My Sturmey Archer heavy drum brake IGH hubs all have 2.3/ 2.0 spokes. Impossible to break.
My Rohloff14 tour bike is 120 lbs loaded. Nothing broke but the first skinny fork.
yeah that was said about the dawes lightning sport but its been a good bike to me... and only cost a fraction of what the lbs was charging...so there's that.. everything about the bike says it's a good basic bike and I have had these same problems with bikes bought from the LBS... I would be more upset if I had paid the higher price and had the same problems...I can find a good wheel Smith to place up a rear wheel and still be ahead...