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01-09-08, 05:00 PM
Out on our 20 mile regular tandem toot yesterday and about 8 miles from home: a very loud 'POP! Clang, clang!'
Stopped to check out front wheel, sounded like a broken spoke. Wrong! The nipple on a spoke broke.
It's been well over 100,000 miles since we last had a spoke issue and then it was on a rear wheel.
Rim is Velocity Aerohead, hub 32H King, spokes DT Revolution, nipple is alloy.
In our 33 years of tandeming this is the first ever nipple we've broken.
Checked our log and that wheel has 17,490 miles on it without any issues . . . 'til just now.
Pedal on TWOgether!
Ruya and Kay/zonatandem
Stopped to check out front wheel, sounded like a broken spoke. Wrong! The nipple on a spoke broke.
It's been well over 100,000 miles since we last had a spoke issue and then it was on a rear wheel.
Rim is Velocity Aerohead, hub 32H King, spokes DT Revolution, nipple is alloy.
In our 33 years of tandeming this is the first ever nipple we've broken.
Checked our log and that wheel has 17,490 miles on it without any issues . . . 'til just now.
Pedal on TWOgether!
Ruya and Kay/zonatandem