Have you ever broken a rear axle? How many ? and why do you think it broke? Ive busted 4 in my cycling life (since 8 years old). I think its mostly from using too high a gear and don't usually find out it's broken till I go to remove the rear wheel for something else like a flat tire.
I broke a Campy Record rear axle years ago. It broke cleanly at the cone threads. The quick-release skewer held everything together, but the wheel wobbled badly. There was no thought of riding it back to the car/home; The wheel rubbed the brakes and the chain stays badly.
I believe the cause was from routine abuse during racing/training such as jumping railroad tracks and slamming potholes, etc.
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The rear axle seems to be the least appreciated part on a bicycle. It not only gives your wheel something to ride on but it is a torsion bar for your frame. It not only is under constant tension via the cone nuts but when you pedal and the frame flexes; the axle fights some of this. And don't forget it is the first line of shock absorbing between the wheel and the frame. So why does Nick run such a large axle on his little bmx bike and we run slim light axles with through holes in them on our big bicycles?
I don't do heroin!
The equivalent would have to be something like an 800 pound gorilla riding a Mt. bike on the FB Trail. Of course the beast would occasionally miss a shift, enter tight, left-handers, way too fast and don't even get me started on the possiblity of opiates being part of the equation. It was a scarey day and I'm glad we made it home.
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