Originally Posted by
Viich
Hey guys. I've got a wheel on a bike I support (family member) that has broken 2 spokes in 2 weeks. After the first one, I happened to have a spare of the right length so put the spare spoke in and trued the wheel.
Both spokes the head snapped off and the spoke pulled through the hub. Both drive side head-out trailing spokes.
This is the OEM wheel on a Raleigh USA Merit road bike. (Rim brake) It's about 5 years old, hasn't seen excessively high mileage, though the rider is a little on the clyde side, and recently been training a lot more, developing more power and fitness.
What can I do to get the wheel reliable again? Any suggestions?
How much stress-relieving did you do when you re-trued the wheel? After reading Jobst Brandt's old posts about it, I realized one of the goals of the process is to identify (and snap) weak spokes before sending the wheel back out into the field.