Just been out on another training ride (I am setting off on JOGLE in a few weeks time). After ~10miles and without hitting any pothole or bad surface two spokes broke on the back wheel. The wheels refused to go round (tyre against the frame). I managed to unclip before falling off :-)
I managed to replace the spokes at the side of the road and get the wheel to be true enough to go round without hitting the frame. I loosened off the rear brake pads and got the bike home.
I suppose the positive to come from this is that I now have experience of replacing the spokes and getting the wheel straight enough to get to a LBS should the need arise.
The downside is that my confidence in the wheels has been dented. I was 100% confident in the bike having done ~2,000 miles training over the last few months (loaded exactly as I will be for JOG).
The bike is a trek 1200 ,Alex Rim wheels (ATF450 I think) and wider tyres (700-32) . I weigh ~12 stones (78kg) and I will be carrying no more than a total of 10kg in luggage with ~8 kg on a rear rack).
My question is :- Is two spokes breaking just one of those things and as long as I get the wheel trued up and spoke tensions checked and corrected by someone who knows what they are doing it should be ok for JOGLE?, or is it a sign that many more spokes are likely to break over the course of the next few weeks.
Any advise greatly received
I managed to replace the spokes at the side of the road and get the wheel to be true enough to go round without hitting the frame. I loosened off the rear brake pads and got the bike home.
I suppose the positive to come from this is that I now have experience of replacing the spokes and getting the wheel straight enough to get to a LBS should the need arise.
The downside is that my confidence in the wheels has been dented. I was 100% confident in the bike having done ~2,000 miles training over the last few months (loaded exactly as I will be for JOG).
The bike is a trek 1200 ,Alex Rim wheels (ATF450 I think) and wider tyres (700-32) . I weigh ~12 stones (78kg) and I will be carrying no more than a total of 10kg in luggage with ~8 kg on a rear rack).
My question is :- Is two spokes breaking just one of those things and as long as I get the wheel trued up and spoke tensions checked and corrected by someone who knows what they are doing it should be ok for JOGLE?, or is it a sign that many more spokes are likely to break over the course of the next few weeks.
Any advise greatly received