Originally Posted by
mikeonthemadone
That's interesting as I had around 45-50 lbs on my 920 and all on the rear rack and I weigh 170. Were they off road much on skinny tires that you recall?
They were all on road, I'm pretty certain had put 32 slicks on, gatorskins. I did recommend to them about perhaps bringing the pressures down a bit too be easier on the rims, but by that time the spoke breakages were over by then, after a number of spoke retensioning--which of course touches on how good the wheel prep was from the beginning, and also another unknown is how she rides. We all know that some people can be rough on stuff, and how you hit obstacles, speed, unweighting off seat, can all make a real difference of forces going into the wheel.
That's all I know. In your case, I suspect you personally check your spoke tensions or had a good wheel guy do it--I had the impression that she bought the bike and headed off on her trip right away.