Ajax Bay
Guru
- Location
- East Devon
Spokes in a poorly built (ie inadequate tensioned) wheel will undergo the same quantatitive change in tension every 'cycle' as a spoke in a well-built wheel (same rim/spokes) so I can't see why there would be a difference (in distance ridden) in fatigue failure. Clearly there'll be a wide range in the MTBF. But I agree: replace one, replace a second, relace wheel on third breakage (exempting because of trauma). An inspection of the end of the broken spoke might give a clue to why each spoke broke. I asked the spoke breaker to take the cassette off and check the other 14 spokes (for damage by a chain lost inwards or by (repeated) cage impact).
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