Lukejolyon
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Well I did indeed by some spoke tightening tools. Haven’t use them or checked the spokes much tho TBH!
I had a hub motor bike that kept breaking spokes and have subsequently changed to mid drives which do not manifest that problem but if I ever was to buy another hub drive it would have those mag wheels. The downside is that they are heavier but I don't care about weight on an Ebike. My view regarding ebike gear is shape up or ship out.Thanks,all that makes sense. Which leads to another question. Almost all bikes use standard spoke wheels. Is that just a cost issue? Here's a bike that does not (chosen only because it's the first one I found). Is there any other reason other than cost not to use wheels like this on bikes?
I was happily blaming myself until I started researching, though it is of course possible that the spokes becoming loose are the cause of the all of the breakages. If that is the case though, loosening spokes still doesn’t happen regularly with other bikes to the same extent as the Gain, so maybe poorly made or non brass spoke nipples?
I've heard that "pop"....Yes. it makes absolute sense that if you put a heavy weight in the middle of a spoked wheel, and one which is then delivering force to that wheel, you're gonna put more strain on those spokes. That's just physics. I'm sure that manifests itself in all sorts of ways, from loosening to breaking and everything in between.
For what it's worth, mine tended to physically go 'pop' when two things came together - weight, due to carrying panniers with latpops etc between offices, and bumpy London roads - either speed bumps or potholes. The pop was invariably the spoke breaking.