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Old 03-26-10, 10:30 AM
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All of my spoke breaks were due to load/unload on the drive. The wheel was under-tensioned, so every time I pedaled, the leading spokes would almost completely untension, then retension when I hit bottom stroke. All of the spokes broke right at the elbow, which is typical for this kind of problem.

I've never had a front wheel spoke break.
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