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is it possible that a badly built front wheel would snap its spokes under a (fairly light) load?
I built my front wheel myself, and a couple of weeks ago while attempted a sprint on the track I lost control of the front wheel and went flying. My bike tripped up another rider (luckily she wasn't injured) and ended up with a few broken spokes on the front.
I weigh ~55 kg and have been riding the wheel on London streets without it going out of true for 2 years. So I am just wondering if anyone could shine some light on whether the spokes snapped and caused the accident? or if the broken spokes were due to the bike getting thrown then crashed into?
Thanks in advance !