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Advice about chronic non-drive side spoke failure on an Infinity LW   Message List  
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Folks,

I have been having troubles with non-drive side spoke failures on
the rear wheel of my Infinity LWB. I was hoping that someone here
might have some advice. They failed on the 27" stock wheel, they
evenutally failed on a used 700c wheel (concave Winemann off of a
Trek 360)and again after I had it relaced.They have failed on a
brand new Sun CR-18 with Wheelsmith DT spokes and an Ultegra hub
that I just had built. The spokes are failiing at the bend right at
the hub.

I had a frame failure about a year ago. The guy who rewelded it was
not a bike builder but he did put it back where it was and welded a
reinforcing plate to the area.

Could some type of frame missalignment be causing the spoke
failures? If so, what should I be looking for? I have been playing
with this since last August and could use some advice.

Here is a link to a Yahoo group dedicated to the Infinity in case
you want to see what it looks like.


http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/InfinityRecumbent/?
yguid=98801700




Mon May 21, 2007 5:48 pm

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Folks, I have been having troubles with non-drive side spoke failures on the rear wheel of my Infinity LWB. I was hoping that someone here might have some...
Russell Allen Zech
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May 21, 2007
5:49 pm

... We need to know more about you and about the wheels - it does sound like you're hard on them. Recumbent rear wheels can take a beating because on some...
Phil Prosser
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May 22, 2007
9:13 am

... at ... Maybe but my riding is stricly road riding. Recumbent rear wheels can take a beating ... 70% in the case of my Infinity If the rider's a little...
Russell Allen Zech
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May 25, 2007
12:53 pm

Did you build the wheels yourself? Do you have 3 cross lacing on the spooks? Generally spooks are different length to allow for hub offset. do you have...
Bob
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May 25, 2007
8:20 pm

There's always Aerospoke wheels. They're expensive, but my understanding is that they are extremely tough. They also have reinforced, but heavier, wheels for...
Jim
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Jun 9, 2007
2:11 am

... I meant to say "perpendicular to the *rim*". Unless someone changes the direction of gravity, a string will always hang perpendicular to the floor. What...
Jim
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