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20-01.-2005, 08:03 AM
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Broken Spokes
After my rather catastrophic rim failure on my rear wheel just before
Christmas a spoke broke on my front wheel this evening. The original wheels on this Dawes Galaxy really are c**p. I have never had spokes fail on a front wheel before. It just went with a ping as I was riding along. I was not leaning to one side or standing up at the time. Has anybody else had front spokes fail before? John T. Remove the singers of Spam before replying |
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20-01.-2005, 06:48 PM
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Re: Broken Spokes
On Wed, 19 Jan 2005 22:03:46 +0000 (UTC), John Tomlinson
<john.tomo@pythonbtinternet.com> wrote: >After my rather catastrophic rim failure on my rear wheel just before >Christmas a spoke broke on my front wheel this evening. The original >wheels on this Dawes Galaxy really are c**p. > >I have never had spokes fail on a front wheel before. It just went >with a ping as I was riding along. I was not leaning to one side or >standing up at the time. > >Has anybody else had front spokes fail before? > Yep, only last week ...... 15 year old wheel, never been out of true, and as you say 'ping' although I was sprinting alone for the 30mph sign (a £5000 bonus, in my head of course, which I won :-O ) It happens. possible corroded nipple, spoke can't flex hence the 'ping'.gave me a chance to clean and service the wheel/hub whilst fitting a new spoke (now got one gleaming shiny new spoke) M |
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20-01.-2005, 07:34 PM
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Re: Broken Spokes
"John Tomlinson" <john.tomo@pythonbtinternet.com> wrote:
> Has anybody else had front spokes fail before? Only one that I remember. A number of years ago I rode my Super Galaxy into the back of a parked car at around 30mph, folding it neatly in half. Both wheels remained perfectly true, and the front (Alesa 917 / Shimano LX) was pressed into service on my commuting bike. About 20,000 miles later, one spoke went *ping*. I was _just_riding_along_. James Thomson |
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20-01.-2005, 07:52 PM
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Re: Broken Spokes
James Thomson wrote:
> A number of years ago I rode my Super Galaxy into the back of a > parked car at around 30mph, folding it neatly in half. Thats a *strong* bike! What sort of car was it that got folded in half? <g> Pete. |
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21-01.-2005, 02:03 AM
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Re: Broken Spokes
John Tomlinson wrote:
> Has anybody else had front spokes fail before? Had a few rear spokes go over the years but never a front, AFAICR. ~PB |
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