Constant broken spokes

nwalker

this weekend I had my 5th broken spoke in the last couple of months the bike is less than a year old (giant TCR Adv1 ) is this a faulty wheel or is there something im doing wrong on the bike never had this before

timothyw

The wheel was built with inadequate tension in the spokes - because of this, the spokes were subject to expansion and compression when ridden, and are now suffering from metal fatigue - there's no point replacing individual spokes at this point - either take the wheel to a wheelbuilder and get it rebuilt with new spokes, or buy a new wheel.

cycleclinic

The wheel may have been properly tensioned but not properly stress relieved. Or spoke tension may vary alot. Or the wheel just is not stiff enough for the rider weight and the loads placed on it therefore spoke slacken off and that leads to fatigue.

OP you need a wheel rebuild by someone who knows what they are doing or a set new set of wheels. The course of action is contact a wheel builder that knows what they are doing. A factory set may also work for you but since we know nothing about you except you have a Giant....

SCR Pedro

nwalker wrote:

this weekend I had my 5th broken spoke in the last couple of months the bike is less than a year old (giant TCR Adv1 ) is this a faulty wheel or is there something im doing wrong on the bike never had this before

Rear, non-drive side?

Get in touch with Giant. They might replace the wheelset under warranty.

nwalker

Thanks for the posts i've just spoken to Giant and they are going to try and claim for a new wheel set on the warranty

Thanks again