Thread: What happens when you break a spoke at 30 mph?
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Old 10-27-11 | 08:20 AM
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Originally Posted by tarwheel
Do you have low spoke-count wheels? Sounds like it since you said they are bladed. My bikes all have 32H Open Pros laced to Ultegra rims. When I break a spoke, the only thing that happens is that my wheel wobbles a little. I just open up the brake calipers and continue riding. Once I had to twist a broken spoke around another one to keep it from flopping, but I was able to ride another 15 miles. There are a lot of advantages to old-school technology when it comes to wheels.
You only have 32 spokes?

36 all the way for me.
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