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Title: i broke my marmoset, pretty awesome!
Post by: blueee on November 16, 2014, 11:26:38 AM
(http://i.imgur.com/NlR0D1W.jpg)
bought it back in 09 :)
Title: Re: i broke my marmoset, pretty awesome!
Post by: hugh. on November 16, 2014, 12:08:23 PM
How?
Title: Re: i broke my marmoset, pretty awesome!
Post by: Sasha on November 16, 2014, 12:14:19 PM
User error
Title: Re: i broke my marmoset, pretty awesome!
Post by: montymitch on November 16, 2014, 12:24:56 PM
You can probably fix that with a hammer.
Title: Re: i broke my marmoset, pretty awesome!
Post by: peggiesmalls on November 16, 2014, 12:29:35 PM
Blame G.
Title: Re: i broke my marmoset, pretty awesome!
Post by: tim_sch on November 16, 2014, 12:51:57 PM
What the heck
Title: Re: i broke my marmoset, pretty awesome!
Post by: Louis on November 16, 2014, 05:18:44 PM
10/10

she broke
Title: Re: i broke my marmoset, pretty awesome!
Post by: torontoflatlander on November 16, 2014, 05:54:31 PM
Shoulda had another Gland
Title: Re: i broke my marmoset, pretty awesome!
Post by: mattywatty on November 16, 2014, 06:43:36 PM
How?

Yea how did you manage that? Was this form some kind of dropout/pegless grind gone awry or something else?
Title: Re: i broke my marmoset, pretty awesome!
Post by: blueee on November 16, 2014, 07:03:03 PM
360 off a curb while waiting for a burrito
Title: Re: i broke my marmoset, pretty awesome!
Post by: hugh. on November 17, 2014, 07:17:27 AM
Awesome.
Title: Re: i broke my marmoset, pretty awesome!
Post by: paranoidmexican on November 17, 2014, 07:37:48 AM
not broken, modified to be lighter yet still as strong as 36h
Title: Re: i broke my marmoset, pretty awesome!
Post by: montymitch on November 17, 2014, 07:56:19 AM
not broken, modified to be lighter yet still as strong as 36h

It's the new Eastern Marmoset.
Title: Re: i broke my marmoset, pretty awesome!
Post by: Bunky on November 17, 2014, 08:43:39 AM
I'm actually pretty impressed that it stood up to Blue for 5 years.
Title: Re: i broke my marmoset, pretty awesome!
Post by: skateparkrider on November 17, 2014, 09:15:44 AM
360 off a curb while waiting for a burrito

Shoulda got a taco.
Title: Re: i broke my marmoset, pretty awesome!
Post by: G on November 18, 2014, 06:39:46 AM
If you think it was in some way faulty then we will be happy to look at it for warranty.
For future reference, flange failure like this is typically down to low spoke tension. Wheels need to evenly distribute the load over all the spokes, so as they get loose they can ramp up the loads on individual spokes/holes and start causing fatigue. With a new-ish hub this usually breaks the spokes, but the fatigue can get to the flanges more over time.

I hope this helps and seems reasonable.

:)
G.
Title: Re: i broke my marmoset, pretty awesome!
Post by: streetStreet on November 18, 2014, 12:29:18 PM
He was waiting for his burrito, dude.
Title: Re: i broke my marmoset, pretty awesome!
Post by: hugh. on November 18, 2014, 02:44:10 PM
Blue seems like the type of guy to keep ontop of his spoke tension
Title: Re: i broke my marmoset, pretty awesome!
Post by: peggiesmalls on November 18, 2014, 02:49:44 PM
Yeah its old but its still pretty crazy that it snapped in two areas.
its rather cool that g is even thinking about warranty.
Title: Re: i broke my marmoset, pretty awesome!
Post by: Cellmember on November 18, 2014, 08:32:42 PM
It'll buff out...
Title: Re: i broke my marmoset, pretty awesome!
Post by: Brooklynrider on November 18, 2014, 10:52:03 PM
Easy fix tho
(http://i718.photobucket.com/albums/ww185/yellowtoeman/10374477_735764783169806_6752712683800424346_n_zps370f2a7c.jpg) (http://s718.photobucket.com/user/yellowtoeman/media/10374477_735764783169806_6752712683800424346_n_zps370f2a7c.jpg.html)
Title: Re: i broke my marmoset, pretty awesome!
Post by: skateparkrider on November 19, 2014, 11:31:46 AM
^^^  hhahaahaah
Title: Re: i broke my marmoset, pretty awesome!
Post by: Alice Glass on November 23, 2014, 06:34:29 PM
Blue seems like the type of guy to keep ontop of his spoke tension

He's the only one I know in the entire Bay Area to carry a spoke wrench with him, its ODSY's fault lets sue G