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Old 10-05-07, 07:59 AM
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Spokes usually break in bunches. The stresses (looseness, wobble) that caused that spoke to break were likely present on many others. Personally, I wouldn't be doing any 40MPH downhills before considering rebuilding the whole wheel.
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