On Apr 19, 2010, at 12:02 PM, Thomas Lynn Skean wrote:
Hi, all. I seek counsel.
I weigh about 250 lbs. I often carry 10-15 lbs on a rear rack. I ride
a Trek hybrid, sitting bolt-upright. (By the way, this Trek is about
as Riv'd up as any Trek could be. Actual Riv relevance: Later this
year I'l
I weigh 270+; ride a Rivendell Redwood (68). I solved my "cracked wheel"
issues by having my LBS build me a wheel using a 48 spoke Bontrager
Clydesdale tandem rim, dished for my use. Not only did I used to use the
measurement of months per rim, it used to be flats per week. Since having
Cyclewer
On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 12:02 PM, Thomas Lynn Skean
wrote:
> Hi, all. I seek counsel.
>
> I weigh about 250 lbs. I often carry 10-15 lbs on a rear rack. I ride
> a Trek hybrid, sitting bolt-upright. (By the way, this Trek is about
> as Riv'd up as any Trek could be. Actual Riv relevance: Later thi
There's a lot to dig into there, Thomas.
Hubs shouldn't be catastrophically failing, axles should not be bending
(with a freehub setup) and I wouldn't even expect spoke breakage within
1,000 miles unless there were some other issues involved.
Depending upon conditions (wet winter weather, for exa
Thomas Lynn Skean wrote:
Hi, all. I seek counsel. My problem is that I haven't gotten more
than 1000 miles on any rear
wheel without complete failure
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Thomas,
I¹ve weighed 220-260 lbs, and I¹ve logged 5,000 miles a year when I rode my
bike to work. I¹ve never had the degree of trouble yo
On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 10:02 AM, Thomas Lynn Skean
wrote:
> My problem is that I haven't gotten more than 1000 miles on any rear
> wheel without complete failure (cracked hub, bent axle) or the need
> for repair (hub overhaul, multiple spoke breakage, rim *way* out-of-
> true-or-round).
>
> My p
Hi, all. I seek counsel.
I weigh about 250 lbs. I often carry 10-15 lbs on a rear rack. I ride
a Trek hybrid, sitting bolt-upright. (By the way, this Trek is about
as Riv'd up as any Trek could be. Actual Riv relevance: Later this
year I'll also be riding a Hillborne and any counsel I receive will
