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Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: Brighton, Michigan
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Bikes: Optima Baron LR, '14 Nishiki Maricopa,'87 Trek 330 Elance, '89 Miyata 1400, '85 Peugeot PGN10, '04 Fuji Ace, '06 Giant Rincon, '95 Giant Allegre, '83 Trek 620, '86 Schwinn High Sierra
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To fit a rear larger tire, I took the wheel adjuster screws out of my 1987 Trek 330's dropouts. The wheel did fit, but this put the wheel spokes close to the bottom sprocket of my RD. Too close actually. I shifted up to my largest cog while still on my large chainring, and into the spokes goes my RD. The RD pulled the spoke right through my wheel, damaging the it beyond replacement. I had to do a call of shame to get home.
This was the day before a 200k brevet, and I had to scramble to buy a new wheel for the event. $120 mistake.