In a message dated 11/27/2004 4:11:49 PM Central Standard Time, d-gordon@sbcglobal.net writes:
> I'm guessing that the spoke threads are not the 'weakest link' and if
> spokes are going to break, it will be at the bend, rather than at the 'cut'
> threads, when using my knowledge of physics principles to think about it. As
> someone said, "Share your knowledge, people!" :-)
>
My everyday wheels of five (5) years started out as 6s DA FH hubs > 8s, 36x laced to J Bayer Hurricane rims 3x
I experienced 2x (3 maybe) broken spokes (DT 15g) in the first year that broke at the top of the nipples/last thread of spoke on the road
Memory fades fast but I think that they might be the only broken spokes that have ever flashed across my screen that may have "busted" at/near threads and I think it was a fluke with another or two (or more) in that box of spokes that they came out of that I have not heard of yet!
My money wood (always) tend to be on left rears at hub/spoke bend (due to insufficient initial tension) if I were a betting person
Chuck Davis
OVS
Tulsa