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: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com > > 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 rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
