to make this short, i just taco'd my FOURTH rim of the season...my third rear, second on the full suspension. i have NO CLUE how this keeps happening. the two most "mysterious" are the second and this last one.
the second, on my "road" bike i was hammering up a hill and "PING"! spoke snaps, rear rim tacos.
this one, same sort of scenario: i was riding PP back to the sussex lot going up a little rooty section and "PING"! another busted spoke and a severly taco's rear rim. i worked on it for 20 minutes with my limited knowledge of rims and got it to the point where it was the rubbing wasn't completely stopping the tire from rotating too badly.
the only thing i can attribute this to is the amount of torque i was putting on the bike. i was riding single speed (did the whole ride single speed to get a feel for what i'm in for) and was putting a TON of pressure on the bike going up that little rooty section i was in. is it out of the realm of possibility that i'm just putting too much pressure on the rims and they aren't strong enough?
any thoughts?
the second, on my "road" bike i was hammering up a hill and "PING"! spoke snaps, rear rim tacos.
this one, same sort of scenario: i was riding PP back to the sussex lot going up a little rooty section and "PING"! another busted spoke and a severly taco's rear rim. i worked on it for 20 minutes with my limited knowledge of rims and got it to the point where it was the rubbing wasn't completely stopping the tire from rotating too badly.
the only thing i can attribute this to is the amount of torque i was putting on the bike. i was riding single speed (did the whole ride single speed to get a feel for what i'm in for) and was putting a TON of pressure on the bike going up that little rooty section i was in. is it out of the realm of possibility that i'm just putting too much pressure on the rims and they aren't strong enough?
any thoughts?