My boyfriend had the same problem for a long time, and he is not a big guy at all (138lbs). He was breaking them on both sides though. At some point he was pretty annoyed and so he placed HED H3 wheels on all his bikes, and a zipp disc rear wheel on his tt bike. I'm quite sure there must be some other easier way to solve the problem, but the aero wheels worked for him.
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05-08-2008, 05:49 PM #1
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05-09-2008, 02:20 AM #2
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My partner (6'3", between 80-85kgs) was going through spokes on his Shimano 540s... brand new... and he was getting very frustrated.
He and the LBS decided it was the wheels, and he uses different wheels now and rarely has a broken spoke!
Could be the wheel itself... can he try a different one?
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05-09-2008, 04:55 AM #3
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It sounds like the tension was not right on his wheel. It's important when you break a spoke to confirm the correct tension on all spokes after you replace the one. Was he using a spoke tensiometer when fixing the whee and confirm all spokes had the correct tension? Hopefully, the new wheel will be tensioned correctly and resolve his problem. If he does break one though, make sure he checks the tension all the way around!
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