Originally Posted by
Miles2go
I guess it is human nature to discount the word of someone having road racing as their actual profession, riding more miles than most everyone reading this article, having bikes which are maintained by some of the most skilled mechanics, etc.
He breaks down how crappy of a day it was for him, on many levels, including disc brake issues....but there's no matching forum wisdom.
But from his quote he clearly doesn't understand the engineering. His profession is riding bikes, not designing them. Whatever caused the spoke failure certainly wasn't heat from the brake disc.