Thread: it breaks down more than my landie

yeah, sounds like a wheel issue to me Weeds...

I did a two day ride a few months ago and rode 220km on day one for which the first 160km my bike was silent, then it got a little hillier and it started to creak with every pedal revolution making me think it was BB/crank related... horribly noisy... then it started to rain... and my bike became quiet again (rain water as lube?) the next morning.... silent running again for the return ride, all the way home (160km). Two days later, 30km ride and it was unbelievably noisy! all down to the drive side hub bearing which had quite simply given up. Bits of ceramic in the grease everywhere...

Hmmm. I rode for 9 years, including 7 years of road racing. The only time I broke a spoke was when I got hit by a car. I used to run radial fronts (back when you were special if you turned up to a race with them) and radial/4 cross rears. Used to ride average of 600k's a week, would change tyres every month, a chain every 3 and gearset annually but spokes never.