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snottyotter
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So me being the idiot that I am comically got the bin bag I was carrying jammed in my front wheel whilst rolling along to the communial dumpster area. It was a slow speed affair luckily.
Anyways, upon unjamming, wheel is no longer true. Seems that one of the spokes managed to lose a large amount of tension. Probably 3 full nipple turns worth. Could a nipple really unwind this much from previously described event? Or has the spoke stretched and thus ready to explode? I checked the hub flange which doesn't show any damage.
For reference, 20 spoke wheel, cx rays, radial.