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Originally Posted by Northendzone
So yesterday on my ride home I broke another spoke on my commuter. My timing was perfect as I got to the bike shop today at about 12.30 and there was nobody but me at the service area.
I got them to replace the spoke, make 4 more and I bought a chain whip and a centre lock/shimano cassette removal tool, so hopefully I can save myself a trip or two to the shop.
I am likely going to have the boys build me up a set of dt swiss 32 holes rims to end this issue once and for all. They suggested I’d be looking at $1200’ish
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If it's just a commuter, then why not rebuild the wheel that's giving you issues? I had a cheap bike with a poorly built wheel that kept breaking spokes, so I just rebuilt it myself. It has an internal gear hub so I couldn't easily buy a replacement, but the rim was still in good shape so I was able to rebuild it for about $30 in parts (or I could've paid about $125 to have it done). That was about 5 years ago and it hasn't broken a spoke since.