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Originally Posted by Grant-53
I am curious why you would be breaking spokes on the rear wheel. I run similar wheels and I weight 260 lbs  . My 2000 Jamis Aragon has been almost trouble free and I just bought a used Roadmaster step through frame with 700C rims. I check spoke tension by plucking them like a guitar string to make sure the tension is even. They should have a 'middle C' ping rather than a thung sound. Do they break near the hub or near the threads? |
I'm about a buck fifty five. And the 20 pound battery is over the rear wheel. But I should correct myself again that, while I suspected another spoke for a while, I eventually realized that a shim in the rear dropout opposite the derailleur side of the wheel hub corrected the rubbing of the sidewall to the frame. But I'll try that spoke pluck trick when I get a chance later. Thanks!
So to date I have only ever lost one spoke. I don't clearly recall where it broke but I think it was near the hub. It happened right after a set of pretty bad pot holes.