>>>>> "dbarlas" == dbarlas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
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dbarlas> on which I had the rear wheel rebuilt late last year with
dbarlas> 14g DT spokes. I have since put about 4000kms on the bike
dbarlas> and it has now started breaking spokes again. I dont
dbarlas> think I am particularly rough on the bike - I weigh anout
dbarlas> 190 lbs and only ride on the road. I got the bike in the
dbarlas> summer of 2000.
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dbarlas> spokes. Does that sound reasonable? If anyone has any
dbarlas> other recommendations for wheels, or general wheel
dbarlas> advice, I would love to hear them.
You didn't say where the spokes were breaking.
Believe it or not, thinner spokes (higher gauge) often result in
stronger wheels. Make sure your existing wheel is rebuilt with
"double-butted" spokes*, or that the new wheel comes with double
butted spokes. I weigh more than you do, and the only spoke breakage
that I've encountered was during a certain tandem ride years ago :-)
(though the poor wheel was rather pretzeled prior to the breakage
problems, so we sure knew why the wheel was failing :-).
Try to find/buy a copy of "The Bicycle Wheel" by Jobst Brandt. It
explains everything that you might every care to know about bicycle
wheels and then some. You might try rebuilding your wheel yourself.
..greg
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* a technically incorrect term -- spokes aren't butted, they're swaged
(sp?).
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