Broken spokes, rear - non drive side

Essex Man
Essex Man Posts: 283
edited January 2014 in Workshop
I have some open pros built up on 105 hubs by my lbs. After a few weeks, a spoke broke on the rear non drive side. This was replaced, but the same thing happened again a a couple of weeks later. This time, the wheel was rebuilt. However, I picked the wheel up yesterday, did a 40 mile ride today, and another rear non drive side spoke broke in the last half mile. Today it broke going fairly slowly up a hill. The time before I was just slowly going along. The first time, I have no idea. In total, I've only had the wheels 2-3 months.

I'm not overly heavy (about 85 kg) and not overly powerful. Any ideas?

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  • bondurant
    bondurant Posts: 858
    Your lbs is crap at building wheels?
  • Essex Man
    Essex Man Posts: 283
    Bondurant wrote:
    Your lbs is crap at building wheels?

    The thought had crossed my mind...
  • ugo.santalucia
    ugo.santalucia Posts: 28,335
    Just to reiterate... your LBS is crap at building wheels... pointless to insist. Take it on the chin and get someone good to rebuild them. Am I right in thinking the Cycle Clinic is not too far away from you?
    Drop him a line
    left the forum March 2023
  • cycleclinic
    cycleclinic Posts: 6,865
    Saffron walden is 25 miles away from me. Your problems smells either of low over tension or very uneven tension leading to early spoke fatigue.
    http://www.thecycleclinic.co.uk -wheel building and other stuff.

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