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[Mike, Lord of the Spammers!]

Are all the spokes true? If one's slightly out it'll put a lot more load on it's neighbours

[jojotlc]

i had same issue , years back ..im abt 65kg back then ..
could be needing checks on spoke tensioning ..it was a mavc517xc rim, handmade installer at local bike shop... one time problem of spoke broke under load during uphill.
redo tension ..all is well after that..

[CQC-7]

Are all the spokes true? If one's slightly out it'll put a lot more load on it's neighbours

The spokes may not have been true the first time but they were true the following times as I had just picked it up from the shop. 

[ryan1835]

the shop might have loosened some of them too much so they are easily coming undone?

[CQC-7]

I checked them and they all seemed to be tight.  Perhaps I need to just go and buy a new rim.  If not, I think I am going to get a new bike sometime soon anyway.  I'm looking at the Madone series but there is a part of me that wants to throw my hat in the singlespeed ring. 

[Mike, Lord of the Spammers!]

I checked them and they all seemed to be tight.  Perhaps I need to just go and buy a new rim.  If not, I think I am going to get a new bike sometime soon anyway.  I'm looking at the Madone series but there is a part of me that wants to throw my hat in the singlespeed ring.

I pity your poor knees already mate

[Zed]

I checked them and they all seemed to be tight.  Perhaps I need to just go and buy a new rim.  If not, I think I am going to get a new bike sometime soon anyway.  I'm looking at the Madone series but there is a part of me that wants to throw my hat in the singlespeed ring.

I pity your poor knees already mate

The reason i stopped riding SS and fixed gears was my knees, i do like SS though as a basic bike, but due to pulling the kids in the trailer i stick with gears these days plus when very tired after a bad night shift the granny gear comes in handy on a steep hill going home 

[CQC-7]

Strange enough, the hills that I climb around here I climb in a higher gear on my 7.2 than I would climb on a singlespeed.  There are not many climbs around here that are greater than a mile in length.  I do understand the purpose of having a granny gear though.