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A few weeks ago I had a catastrophic failure on a rear rim after breaking one lousy spoke.
The rim was a 36 hole Araya 700c rim. Double wall and double eyelets. The wheel had less than 500
miles on it. I was using 14 straight gauge wheelsmith spokes. I weigh 250 pounds.
While coming down a steep curvy mountain grade ( I was using my brakes a lot ) , I popped a drive
side spoke (right side), and my wheel immediately tacoed and was trashed beyond repair.
I had to walk carrying the bike.
I can only suspect that I had built the wheel to tight.
The reason the spoke broke was from Chain Damage a few rides before when the chain jumped in between
the spokes and the cassette causing damage to all of my leading spokes.
Any thoughts on this are appreciated.
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Bob Masse' [email protected]
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The rim was a 36 hole Araya 700c rim. Double wall and double eyelets. The wheel had less than 500
miles on it. I was using 14 straight gauge wheelsmith spokes. I weigh 250 pounds.
While coming down a steep curvy mountain grade ( I was using my brakes a lot ) , I popped a drive
side spoke (right side), and my wheel immediately tacoed and was trashed beyond repair.
I had to walk carrying the bike.
I can only suspect that I had built the wheel to tight.
The reason the spoke broke was from Chain Damage a few rides before when the chain jumped in between
the spokes and the cassette causing damage to all of my leading spokes.
Any thoughts on this are appreciated.
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Bob Masse' [email protected]
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