Hey whats up everyone.
I have had my first road bike for about 2 months now (F95). I have a question regarding the wheels. I currently ride every day around my house (about 9 miles), and i do a 30 mile bike path ride once a week. About 2 weeks ago i noticed a bend in my front wheel. When i went to investigate i found a spoke loose with the nipple fully unscrewed. I took it to a friends house to fix it since my LBS is about 40 miles away.problem solved.
All was good until last friday when i went on my long path ride. When i got back i found out that i had 2 spokes loose.
I went to a close bike store to get a spoke tool and he advised me that it could be a manufacturers defect where the tension is uneven. Could this be true?
Why could this be happening? Im a pretty heavy rider (215 lbs) and have read in other places that the stock wheels are not the strongest.
Is this common? should i look into stronger wheels? Any advice would be great.
thanks all!!
Willis
I have had my first road bike for about 2 months now (F95). I have a question regarding the wheels. I currently ride every day around my house (about 9 miles), and i do a 30 mile bike path ride once a week. About 2 weeks ago i noticed a bend in my front wheel. When i went to investigate i found a spoke loose with the nipple fully unscrewed. I took it to a friends house to fix it since my LBS is about 40 miles away.problem solved.
All was good until last friday when i went on my long path ride. When i got back i found out that i had 2 spokes loose.
I went to a close bike store to get a spoke tool and he advised me that it could be a manufacturers defect where the tension is uneven. Could this be true?
Why could this be happening? Im a pretty heavy rider (215 lbs) and have read in other places that the stock wheels are not the strongest.
Is this common? should i look into stronger wheels? Any advice would be great.
thanks all!!
Willis
