[Closed] Taco’d Front Wheel, but Why?

is this feasible

And me with a Crest 29.

going through the wheel at an angel has caused the damage, is this feasible

as an atheist I don't think its feasible that the angel caused the damage

I landed a jump and ended up OTB at QECP enduro
wheel was tacod, after much jumping I got it straight enough to work in the forks but on a steep descent a few 100 metres later it folded I think my weight over the front and yanking the brake on didnt help

its steeper than it looks....
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as to how I tacod it the at the 1st crash Im not 100% certain whether the taco caused me to crash or the other way round if that makes sense

as an atheist I don't think its feasible that the angel caused the damage

Well obviously me or the wheel weren't blessed!

Kimbers - that's a great pic, though it looks like things are about to get a little uncomfortable!

Thanks for the responses; I'll just have to put it down to one of those things.

Wheels are strong in the direction they normally carry weight. Get some sideways force, enough to move the rim far enough out-of-line, and the spoke tension tries to fold them.

I would have a massive framed copy of that pic above my mantlepiece if it was me.

Another bent Crest on Hope here - straight pull or regular?

wheels are incredibly strong when loaded vertically - a former Cytech trainer I worked with said you could load the weight of a family car onto a wheel in a vertical plane and it would not fail

however, laterally wheels are very vulnerable, even when using 3 cross lacing and built properly.

This is even worse for wheels using "radial" lacing which you tend to see on the front wheel of many new road bikes

eulach - Member

Another bent Crest on Hope here - straight pull or regular?

Regular.

My Arch EX's are going on the full sus, the crests (I've already ordered a replacement) will go on the hardtail, which was the original plan, just hadn't got round to it. Wish I had now!

heres the seqence of that wheel buckling, sort of

sadly they never got a shot of me a few seconds later flying thru the air about to land on my head
(cost me a front wheel, cracked my helmet, and broke my shades but i got a tshirt for crashing and a track pump in the raffle so not all bad)
(I have bought the pic northwind not got round to printing it yet tho!)
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Fathomer, as a man of 90kg I can honestly say you look all of your 80kg in that last photo. 😛

thats not fathomer its me
maybe considering my 80kg 😉 I was pushing it riding 717s for enduro .

to be fair theyve lasted a several of years of cased landings and ploughing skillessly into rockgardens

Kimbers, what rims?

mavic xc717 on pro2s

Id been worried about the rear loosing tension so hap spent the night before tweeking that one, I shouldve done the front too!

I folded a front by having the front wash out then grip again. Wheels aren't very strong when you apply a force from the wrong angle.

I folded a front by having the front wash out then grip again.