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Cormac Eason

Posted: 06/10/06 13:40:02 02


Message:	It's not a common event these days thanks to better quality control, better initial design and better materials. Depending on the wheelbuild the spokes you use, your mileage and how smooth you are over stuff you may never break spokes at all. Most spoke failures are due to the chain hopping inside the cassette under power (Leading to my favourite gripe about CRC wheels - and those built almost everywhere else too), the spokes that see extra tension when the chain is under load should be laced to the inside of the hub flange at the drive side of the rear hub. If they're not laced this way then when the chain hops inside the cassette while you're pedalling, the spokes will guide the chain to jam further towards the hub than if the spokes that lose tension are laced to the outside of the flange. On fixed gear bikes lacing the other way is recommended as the chain is more likely to come off while the bike is in overrun rather than under power.
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