Originally Posted by
patrickgm60
Certainly seems possible, to me. Suicidal squirrel runs into the wheel, gets caught in the spokes, leading to massive crash and fork failure.
Or, are you referring to the MTB pedals on a road bike?
It's definitely possible and I agree with you, I just remember someone on this forum was convinced the squirrel was planted to make a funny photo after a fork snapped by some other means. I think they thought the squirrel would be cut in half if it actually made it into the wheel rather than getting snagged and dragged back up into the fork. This is why aero spokes are so important.