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Watch those magnets on bladed spokes
Recently I came home with a broken spoke on my rear Campy Eurus wheel. Previously I had identified a spoke with a slight bend near the rim, where I'm reasonably certain the previous owner had attached a magnet. Upon inspection the spoke with the bend was indeed the broken one and it hadn't simply broken, but the kinked section was entirely gone, so about 1/4 inch of the spoke was air. The Spokesman, in Santa Cruz, serviced the wheel for me and I opted to buy the entire mini-kit, as they hadn't any spare spokes for these wheels in stock. There being 3 different spokes among a set of wheels. These spokes are few in number (16 front, 21 rear) and comparatively less material, cross sectional, than most spokes and thus must be manufactured from a very strong (and typically more brittle) alloy. Slight imperfections where the material elasticity and strength are so critical aren't something to encourage by screwing a cheap magnet to spoke and bending or scratching it. I've since picked up a magnet which clamps the spoke between plastic surfaces. |
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