Puncture and broken spokes
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MacB
Lover of things that come in 3's
- Location
- Farnborough, Hampshire
Best/most plausible explanation I've heard is that the coating creates friction not present with silver spokes - I have no idea
Custom24
Über Member
- Location
- Oxfordshire
Same bike, I have also broken two rear spokes recently. I have just replaced them for the moment ( that's fairly easy to do and I would do that as soon as you can - you need to take the wheel to your LBS to make sure you get the correct length spoke) but I do need to have the wheel trued as it is not at the moment. I also run m+, albeit 28. They were fine for 6 months and then recently spoke problems.
Some say m+ can cause spoke problems. I have never broken a spoke on my MTB, in 2.5 years of much harsher riding also on m+. Obviously MTB wheels and tyres are much stronger, but still.
Some say m+ can cause spoke problems. I have never broken a spoke on my MTB, in 2.5 years of much harsher riding also on m+. Obviously MTB wheels and tyres are much stronger, but still.
MacB
Lover of things that come in 3's
- Location
- Farnborough, Hampshire
I've only had one set of factory/with bike wheels and pinged several spokes on rear, had wheel repaired/trued then a pothole caused catastrophic failure, spoke nipples pulling through rim, splitting around holes.
All other wheels have been handbuilt 36h on sturdy rims and haven't lost a spoke since, one ran on M+ for about 4 thousand miles, no puntures no wheel problems.
All other wheels have been handbuilt 36h on sturdy rims and haven't lost a spoke since, one ran on M+ for about 4 thousand miles, no puntures no wheel problems.
CopperBrompton
Bicycle: a means of transport between cake-stops
- Location
- London
M+ are indeed pretty bombproof (I've averaged one puncture every 4000 miles), but if you've either hit something hard enough to break three spokes, or the wheel has spontaneously deformed to that extent, anything will puncture.
Simontm
Veteran
Three-month old bike, four spokes gone. Took the wheel back to Evans Cycles, within a week another spoke.
Talked to the supervisor who acknowledged there were issues with certain factory wheels and that mine wasn't fit for purpose.
Unfortunately, he took the wheel in and I have heard hide nor hare from Evans Cycles for six days!
Talked to the supervisor who acknowledged there were issues with certain factory wheels and that mine wasn't fit for purpose.
Unfortunately, he took the wheel in and I have heard hide nor hare from Evans Cycles for six days!
Racing roadkill
Guru
The M+ is a superbly puncture resistant tyre. But as has been said, you can still rupture a tube by hitting something solid, too hard. The only wheel I've ever lost to spoke breakage was when I rode straight into the back of a Transit van, coming down a hill, at about 100Km/h (although I did get down to about 20 Km/h at the point of impact). That hurt a lot and also killed the frame.
