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Old 08-05-08 | 02:07 AM
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From: The 'Wack, BC, Canada

Bikes: Norco (2), Miyata, Canondale, Soma, Redline

Originally Posted by ShadowGray
....BC... you have a picture of that wheel? I actually wonder what it looks like to have catastrophic spoke destruction from a rogue chain..
I wish I had taken one. It was the mechanical equivalent of a really bad road kill.... but without the blood...

All but two or three of the drive side spokes were broken with bent ends. The two or three left were well mangled. The lack of support from the drive side let the wheel collapse and the NDS spokes were maybe 1/4 to 1/3 snapped with the rest mostly just bent into curves with a few being kinked.

The worst thing about it at the time is that it happened when someone was test riding it when I was trying to sell it. He looked real sheepish when he brought it back but I realized it had nothing to do with his actions so after I picked my jaw off the lawn I assured him that I didn't blame him in any way.

Needless to say I lost that sale....

Oddly enough the rim was fine and I rebuilt it with new spokes and the wheel trued up just fine.
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