Things that snap off in the dark - tell us your best bits

[rogerzilla]

Goldtec. Only lasted two winters!

 

[I like Skol]

Rear wheel went wobbly on the way home. Luckily it was a fixie with no rear brake, so loads of tyre and rim clearance. Turned out four spokes, along with a chunk of flange, had decided to secede from the hub. Rubbish CNC-machined hub and salted roads.

Goldtec. Only lasted two winters!

A worrying failure on a relatively new component. What kind of mileage had it done?
Also, got to ask, how were the spokes laced, 3x, 2x or radial?

 

[rogerzilla]

About 5000 miles, x3. The salt apparently caused stress corrosion cracking of the flange. The drive side, being sprayed with chain oil, was fine. I replaced it with a Sturmey-Archer SRC3 which had no problems over 7 years, and AFAIK is still going fine (I sold the wheels). I imagine the SA had a forged shell.