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Re: i broke my marmoset, pretty awesome!
« Reply #15 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.

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Re: i broke my marmoset, pretty awesome!
« Reply #16 on: November 18, 2014, 12:29:18 PM »
He was waiting for his burrito, dude.

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Re: i broke my marmoset, pretty awesome!
« Reply #17 on: November 18, 2014, 02:44:10 PM »
Blue seems like the type of guy to keep ontop of his spoke tension

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Re: i broke my marmoset, pretty awesome!
« Reply #18 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.

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Re: i broke my marmoset, pretty awesome!
« Reply #19 on: November 18, 2014, 08:32:42 PM »
It'll buff out...
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Re: i broke my marmoset, pretty awesome!
« Reply #20 on: November 18, 2014, 10:52:03 PM »
Easy fix tho

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Re: i broke my marmoset, pretty awesome!
« Reply #21 on: November 19, 2014, 11:31:46 AM »
^^^  hhahaahaah
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Re: i broke my marmoset, pretty awesome!
« Reply #22 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

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Re: i broke my marmoset, pretty awesome!
« Reply #22 on: November 23, 2014, 06:34:29 PM »

 

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