Emily VelascoI broke another spoke on my bike. I guess after 5,558 miles, these things are bound to happen, but it's still annoying
Rue Mohr@RueNahcMohr no. It's not easy to get my phone in there. Why do you want to see it?
@MLE_online I'm curious about the failure mode.
@RueNahcMohr It broke off right where it bends and passes through the hole in the hub
@RueNahcMohr It will probably be wear or embrittlement. I've never seen a broken spoke that looked like tension or torque
@RueNahcMohr here you go! This is the best I'm going to get without getting my usb microscope out
@MLE_online looks like a fracture, can you tell if there is a lot of movement in the spokes when your wheels have load on them?
@RueNahcMohr There's not any significant movement as far as I know. When they can move, there's creaking where they touch as they cross over. I never hear that on this wheel.
I suggest pulling 2 random ones and checking them. look for cracks, their hard to see, I'm not sure of a way to enhance them.
@RueNahcMohr Nahhh. I'll just replace this one and keep riding. I don't feel like buying all new spokes and rebuilding the wheel
smells of bikes@MLE_online oh, was the clicking sound while you were riding, a broken spoke whacking something with each rotation?
@smellsofbikes no, it's the wheel bearings. Me lubing the freewheel yesterday must have gotten 3 in 1 oil into the grease and thinned it out a lot
@MLE_online I kinda like that little clickety sound.
@smellsofbikes it sounds nice, but it's probably bad for the balls
@MLE_online muffled juvenile giggling