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06-02-19, 08:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Moe Zhoost

When you interacted with your bike shop about this issue, did they bother to check the spoke tensions? If so, I'm curious about what they found.

There would be no point. Once the spoke has broken through the rim, the tension is essentially zero. It’s a broken spoke or at least the near equivalent of a broken spoke.

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