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Why do the spokes on my mountain bike keep breaking? |
i keep breaking spokes on the back tire of my mtb (hard tail Gary Fisher) and i only really ride off-road trails (no jumps or anything). Either you're heavier or stronger than your wheel can optimally take. Go to a really good bike shop and ask the opinion of their wheel builder. He'll propose options that will work for you. Probably a slightly warped wheel could be defective spokes or hub, take it to your local bike shop and ask Probably has something to do with the spokes that are replaced and the overall quality of the wheel. The wheel needs to be true and the spoke tension needs to be uniform. An aging wheel, even with with replaced spokes and trued, will continue to fall apart. Whatever workloads have been put on the wheel, fatigued the metal. I would look into replacing or rebuilding the wheel. Agree with Ben. Spokes shouldn't break. If they do, that is a symptom of something more serious. i work on bikes and this is common the spokes are defective or while riding the trail even the slightest thing will mess up spokes for people riding that are about 250+ just a little bump will cause the spokes to snap. |
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