I have broken a spoke on my rear tire twice now. The first time was a few weeks back, I was pulling a burley trailer for the first time and when I went to get off the bike I tripped. I ended up pushing the bike down sideways and I heard the spoke pop but I didn't realize what it was at first. Needless to say I had it fixed and thought nothing more of it.
Yesterday, while testing out the route to Renovo again, I had another spoke pop on me. This time I was just riding along and heard it pop. I had been on a rough road earlier in the ride (one that I will be removing from the route to Renovo) but at the time it broke I was headed north on 12th from Division. The street was smooth and I had not leaned over sharply or anything. I walked the rest of the way to Renovo's shop because I was determined to make it there finally. Taj came and picked me up with the car from there. I was planning on turning around and riding home but figured that would be a bad idea on a wheel that was already weakened and no longer perfectly round.
I am wondering if I might have weakened the spoke in the earlier incident or maybe I am still a bit heavier than the bike is rated (I have lost 30 pounds so far though). The rear wheel is in the shop again of course, this spoke is about 1/4 of the wheel away from the first one that broke. Taj and I briefly discussed buying a second rear wheel to have on hand for this sort of situations. Either that or I need to get a truing stand and learn how to fix this sort of thing myself, I am sure I would end up saving money in the long run.
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