Scary-drum brake & Spoked wheels
hello all,
I just wanted to find out if anyone else came across this dangerous problem before.
One evening as i was riding down a steep driveway my back wheel totally locked up.....its an R80GS.
After falling off at low speed i noticed one broken spoke. After further inspection i found the spoke had broken at the nipple threaded into the wheel rim. The nipple had fallen into the drum brake and locked it......
Seriously scary stuff.
Thank god i was only doing 2 or 3 miles an hour.
Has anyone had this problem before???? a serious design flaw?
I had been doing alot of rough riding in woods around europe fully loaded on high tyre pressures so i could understand a broken spoke after lots of this riding.....but with such consequences?
Any thoughts?
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