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Old 01-10-24, 12:40 AM
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Originally Posted by ThermionicScott
If I'm reading the premise correctly, you're trying to gather data on spoke failures due to fatigue alone. I dig it, but at the risk of jinxing myself, don't have anything to contribute!
While I join many others as believing fatigue is the most common cause, it's not the only one.

There's a post here about 2 breaks in a new wheel before 200 miles, which is very fast for a fatigue failure, though its possible.

So, I'm not looking for causes as much as seeing if there's a pattern.
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