Originally Posted by Odin
My 540's are still straight as a die, but the spokes were breaking on a weekly basis. The LBS said that they were starting to get a few in of similar age/mileage. Mine are about 3 years old/5-6000km. They only break where they hook into the rim.
Well, there's only about 4 spokes in the whole thing so it don't take much to replace them all. BTW, only 5-6000 km and you're an elite racer already? Damn, you must be like the Bradman of the cycling world?
Originally Posted by 531Aussie
Bugger!! that is SO crappy! I can't remember the last time I broke a spoke, but I use 30mm deep rear rims.
Fella! That'll be enough out of you on my fabulous wheels. You probably don't break spokes cause you're riding around on wooden ones. You like your retro stuff after all.
BTW, talking about giants, with my new xtc2, I know it's a mountain bike so the might not be held up to the same standard, but it is supposed to be their offroad race frame after all. But I've never ridden a frame more noodly around the BB area. I can't believe how much I can get it to flex. makes me wonder if Giant are really that great with making stiff Aluminium frames???