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Crashed...broken hub?

Old 08-02-09 | 08:29 PM
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Crashed...broken hub?

Crashed this morning...drafting on a narrow road and couldn't see a really, really rough patch right on the line I was riding. Went down around 25 mph. Somehow I don't have a bit of road rash on me. Tiny scrape on the elbow and knee, massive sore spot on the top of my pelvis/lower back.

Almost no damage to the bike at all. Think I managed to roll pretty well on the way down and took almost the whole impact on my side/back...

...Except the front wheel. Looks like one of the spokes pull through the hub and broke some of the material around it. Is there a chance I can get a spoke that has a larger "base" so that it'll stay in the now slightly larger hole that's in the hub? Or should I just stop being a cheap ass and buy a new hub?

If that's the way to go, any recommendations for something cheap-ish? The broken one is a Mavic Aksium. Looked around a little bit and can't find them for sale or on ebay.

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Old 08-02-09 | 08:33 PM
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https://cgi.ebay.com/MAVIC-AKSIUM-RAC...4#ht_500wt_975

I found about a dozen or so for sale on ebay...
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Thanks, don't need the whole wheelset though, just the hub. Found plenty of wheelsets when I was looking too. Appreciate the effort though.

...I guess if that auction doesn't go much over 50 it's still a pretty good deal though.
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Old 08-02-09 | 08:39 PM
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Thanks, don't need the whole wheelset though, just the hub. Found plenty of wheelsets when I was looking too. Appreciate the effort though.

...I guess if that auction doesn't go much over 50 it's still a pretty good deal though.
That's what I was thinking But it might not be a bad idea to have a back up wheel set either.
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