Wheels Broken 10 gauge spokes broken

jg767

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Yesterday I broke 2 spokes on my 36 spoke rear wheel. I think it happened wheen I hit a road repair that was about 2 inches below the road surface. I was going over 30mph and hit it really hard. They both broke at the elbows. Anyone else break any 10g spokes? I have a Staton chain drive and I weigh 235lbs. so there's alot of weight on that rear wheel. Usually I lift my weight off the rear if I hit any rough spots. I'm still surprised they broke, I have roughly 2000 miles on them,
 
I got the spokes from Buchanan's Spoke and Rim, and I laced them to a Rhyno Lite rim with a Staton hub. I thought they would be bulletproof, and in all fairnes I was still able to ride the bike a hundred miles with onlya moderate wobble.
 
The rhyno lite is a pretty heavy duty rim, it.s fine, just the spokes were damaged. I drilled the eyelets out and there are no issues with spokes tearing out of the rim. I read sfound that to be the aseomewhere some one stated that the rim wouldn't hold up to 10 g spokes but I haven't found that to be the case. What rim would you consider a heavy duty rim?
 
been a while

What rim would you consider a heavy duty rim?

been a while since I built a wheel

the WheelMaster here on site is said to have some heavy duty

hitting the pothole like you did at speed
maybe it was to be expected ??

as much as we try to keep on the look out
it's hard to miss them all !!

have fun as you ride that MB thing
 
That pothole took the full weight of me and the engine and tranny as well as my toolbag, I have a susp. seatpost that I haven't installed yet, it might soften the force on that poor back whe, BTW, rhino lite is less filling than bud lite, LOL...
 
What rim would you consider a heavy duty rim?
I like the older "Dice" rims.....wide/dual-walled/heavy duty.They get bad reviews cos their too heavy but that's not a real problem with us.
Sun Rhyno Lite is also an excellent rim.
I'm assuming u drilled the hub to fit the 10G spokes?....is that all u did cos i think TheWheelmaster does more;what more i don't know?
 
Sun Mammoth BFR is heavy duty. It's a somewhat stronger version of the rhyno lite rim.

The Wheelmaster often drills the rims to accept the 10 gage spokes. He drilled out the eyelets on my Mammoth rim.
 
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Yes, I drilled out the the rim and the hub, no problems with either. I agree, the Rhyno Lite is a strong double walled aluminum rim, they've given me 19 thousand miles, I bent my first one when I hit a huge pothole last year with 48 14 gauge spokes.Like Mountain Man said, damage is to be expected when you hit major potholes at full speed.

Fetor56, are those "Dice" rims steel?
 
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