Looks like the "straight pull" spokes pulled straight out of the hub!
sorry....couldn't resist. On Sep 7, 8:00 pm, Ethan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Probably not... as they're so much less likely to get you killed. > > Any design that requires the head of a high tension low-spoke count > wheel to be held in place of those notches in the hub body by what > amounts to a large washer like that seems like a Very Bad Idea to me. > > As a bigger rider (6' 2", 210lbs) I'll likely never ride a low-spoke > count wheel, just doesn't seem viable especially for someone my size. > > Hope he recovers quickly and completely. > > On Sep 7, 9:49 am, pruckelshaus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > With a wire-spoked, drilled-flange, metal-rimmed wheel, that's what > > happens. Take away any one of those factors, or worse yet, more than > > one of those factors, and catastrophic failure will be the name of the > > game. I realize that I'm preaching to the retro-choir, but you'll > > have to pry my wire-spoked, drilled-flange, metal-rimmed wheels from > > my cold, dead hands. > > > Pete > > > On Sep 7, 2:38 am, "David Estes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I don't think a hub or a rim should fail like that. I mean, we didn't see > > > the pothole, but he doesn't go on and on about how absolutely huge it > > > was... I've always thought of wheels as being the strongest part of the > > > bike. Have seen plenty (well, a handful) of pics showing bent forks, > > > tweaked down/top tubs after an impact. That's normal. The wheel in those > > > instances always came out fine... > > > > Damn... > > > > On Sat, Sep 6, 2008 at 9:34 PM, Mitch F. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Oh my Gawd! > > > > > Should that happen? I mean, should a hub fail like that? > > > > > I don't think so. > > > > > --- On *Sat, 9/6/08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>* wrote: > > > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > Subject: [RBW] Racing Wheel Meets Pothole > > > > To: [email protected] > > > > Date: Saturday, September 6, 2008, 11:02 PM > > > > > Ouch! > > > > > http://picasaweb.google.com/jonathan.eropkin/DunniganCrash2008#<http://picasaweb.google.com/jonathan.eropkin/DunniganCrash2008> > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > Looking for spoilers and reviews on the new TV season? Get AOL's > > > > ultimate > > > > guide to fall > > > > TV<http://television.aol.com/feature/fall_tv?ncid=aoletv00050000000037> > > > > . > > > > -- > > > Cheers, > > > David > > > Redlands, CA- Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
