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Old 01-01-18 | 06:26 PM
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Originally Posted by Rubato

Are the high loads on this hub the cause of the failure or did the tensions rise with the release of the spokes that broke out of the flanges?



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...just thinking about it, I'm not certain it's possible for some of the spokes to increase in tension in this way.
Certainly, some of them lost a lot of tension as the ones that broke that were balancing them broke loose.

And when I see some sort of damage like that, where a few spots on the flange have broken at the same time, my mind always goes to some sort of incident, like a crash or a very hard landing off a curb.
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