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Loose and Broken spokes.

  • 17-06-2012 2:45pm
    #1
    Henlars67
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,272 ✭✭✭


    I have only taken up cycling a couple of months ago and am doing 250-300k a week. I ride a GT series 4 with Jalco dRX 4000 wheels.

    Almost every time I go out I get loose spokes which is an inconvenience but in itself not a massive problem, I can tighten them myself and leave my wheel true, however the last couple of times I've gone out I have broken a spoke on the back wheel. I got the first one repaired and the next day I was 20k from home when another one broke.

    The roads are a little bumpy but not too bad and there are a lot of people cycling them.
    Are these a poor type of wheel?
    If they aren't able for a little vibration and an odd bump then there isn't much point in me taking the bike out on the road at all.
    I am finding this highly frustrating, had planned on doing a 100k sportif next weekend but since I haven't done more than 65k in one go yet I would have needed to have done a decent ride today and a few rides in the evenings during the week in order to be able for it, but it will be late next week before I am able to bring my bike into the shop to get fixed.


Comments

  • #2
    Inquitus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,763 ✭✭✭✭Inquitus


    I have only snapped 2 spokes in 7000km on my bike and both were caused by hitting craters.


  • #3
    cdaly_
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,440 ✭✭✭cdaly_


    I'd suggest bringing the wheels back and looking for warranty replacements. You shouldn't be losing spokes like that...


  • #4
    doozerie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,830 ✭✭✭doozerie


    Ending up with loose spokes on every ride suggests a poorly built wheel and perhaps poor quality parts too. It shouldn't happen. If the wheels are poorly built to start with then unless your skills in spoke adjustments are very good you might just be compounding the problem each time you work on them yourself. I second cdaly's suggestion to return them for repair, or preferably replacement.

    The spokes breaking is likely a direct consequence of the excessive and varying stresses the wheel is undergoing as some spokes work their way loose, I reckon. I'd see those breakages as a symptom of the real underlying problem of a poorly built wheel rather than as the core problem itself.


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