Joined: Apr 2010
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From: Boston-ish, MA
Bikes: 72 Peugeot UO-8, 82 Peugeot TH8, 87 Bianchi Brava, 76? Masi Grand Criterium, 74 Motobecane Champion Team, 86 & 77 Gazelle champion mondial, 81? Grandis, 82? Tommasini, 83 Peugeot PF10
This reminds me of the Calvin & Hobbs strip where Calvin asks his dad how they know the maximum weight of a bridge. Dad says they drive heavier and heavier trucks over it until it collapses. Then they weigh that truck and build another bridge exactly like the first one.
What is the stress limit of a suspect wheel? Ride it until it breaks, then build another exactly like that one and just don't ride it quite that much or that hard the next time.
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