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Old 10-27-11, 08:39 AM
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Originally Posted by coldbike
When a spoke breaks, it places tremendous stress on the spokes next to it.
+1 - plus by the time a spoke breaks the whole wheel has been run in a poorly tensioned state for a while so likely you'll have several spokes break one after another now. If the hub and rim are appropriate to your needs I would get the whole wheel rebuilt replacing all the spokes.
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