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Patrick Mitchel
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I have some spokes popping on the non drive side of a 10 yr old long wheel base recumbent. The wheel
is the original .... A while back, I replaced all the drive side spokes because of a chain suck that
pretty much made stress raisers on all the drive side spokes. That solved the breakage on that side
- btw- I replaced the double butted ones with straight guage. I am now popping non drive side spokes
on a regular basis- at the elbow. Is the wheel fatigued? After the replacement of the spokes, I
stress relieved the wheel and retensioned the spokes to take up any slight variation. I'm a 200 lb
guy and the bike carries about another 10 lbs of **** in the panniers. Tired wheel. I did notice
that the rim shows a hazy line that runs through the spoke holes- sort of a crazing in the finish.
Might that be an indication of the fatigue of the rim? Thanks Pat
is the original .... A while back, I replaced all the drive side spokes because of a chain suck that
pretty much made stress raisers on all the drive side spokes. That solved the breakage on that side
- btw- I replaced the double butted ones with straight guage. I am now popping non drive side spokes
on a regular basis- at the elbow. Is the wheel fatigued? After the replacement of the spokes, I
stress relieved the wheel and retensioned the spokes to take up any slight variation. I'm a 200 lb
guy and the bike carries about another 10 lbs of **** in the panniers. Tired wheel. I did notice
that the rim shows a hazy line that runs through the spoke holes- sort of a crazing in the finish.
Might that be an indication of the fatigue of the rim? Thanks Pat