Broken Spokes

John Tomlinson said:

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

John Tomlinson said:

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

James Thomson said:

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.

John Tomlinson said:

Has anybody else had front spokes fail before?

Had a few rear spokes go over the years but never a front, AFAICR.

~PB