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time for new wheels??

  • 11-05-2009 7:32am
    #1
    davidsatelle100
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 503 ✭✭✭


    third broken spoke in about 3 weeks.

    Is this the sign of something bigger being wrong and is it time to get a new wheel(s) rather than patching up this one. have the bike about two years


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  • #2
    zzzzzzzz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,431 ✭✭✭zzzzzzzz


    davidsatelle100 wrote: »
    third broken spoke in about 3 weeks.

    Is this the sign of something bigger being wrong and is it time to get a new wheel(s) rather than patching up this one. have the bike about two years

    What type of wheels are they, how many spokes are on them and what do you weigh?


  • #3
    davidsatelle100
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 503 ✭✭✭davidsatelle100


    the wheels are alex da22 32 spoke

    i'm roughly 13 stone give or take a couple of pound


  • #4
    davidsatelle100
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 503 ✭✭✭davidsatelle100


    sorry meant to say they are breaking at the hub, not at the rim


  • #5
    Chips Lovell
    Moderators, Politics Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 24,269 Mod ✭✭✭✭Chips Lovell


    Have you been replacing the spokes yourself?


  • #6
    davidsatelle100
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 503 ✭✭✭davidsatelle100


    tonto - no wouldnt have the tools or knowledge to do it. got the LBS to do it for me


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  • #7
    blorg
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,995 ✭✭✭✭blorg


    davidsatelle100 wrote: »
    the wheels are alex da22 32 spoke

    i'm roughly 13 stone give or take a couple of pound
    I have the same wheels (came with my Giant Bowery) and am just a bit lighter than you, same experience, have broken a couple of spokes. Doesn't happen on any of my other wheels and I have enough of them. The two spoke breakages happened early on and since replacement the wheels have been fine.


  • #8
    E@gle.
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,516 ✭✭✭E@gle.


    i had them wheels that cam with my Trek 1000, i just use them for turbo trainer wheels bot good for much else


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