Lost rear wheel

[tommymac]

finally made it to youtube

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3YbLczO2nk

[dReWpY]

that is the ultimate highside

[Mr Lefty]

actually that was a pretty tame highside....

[derf]

I always wondered what would happen if a wheel just fell off. That actually is pretty much what I thought would happen.

[tommymac]

ripped right off the damn hub

http://yfrog.com/h2d8ffrj

[Sixxxxer]

Thats either Power, or a Faulty wheel

[derf]

well that looks like more bullshit than I would be willing to put up with considering how much a wheel like that must cost. I'm guessing that it is some kind of super exotic material like rhodium, ruthenium, osmium, or something like carbon fiber

http://desmond.yfrog.com/Himg614/scaled.php?tn=0&server=614&filename=d8ffr.jpg&xsize=640&ysize=640

[Dave]

Thats either Power, or a Faulty wheel

Whitham said its most likely fatigue due to overuse as small teams like supersonic can't afford to change out their wheels on a regular basis

[tommymac]

dont think these guys are too concerned about cost. I am wondering why the wheel failed like that, was it an older wheel, had it been crashed previously or something else.

[Sixxxxer]

I'd put it on my wall...Lol

[tommymac]

Whitham said its most likely fatigue due to overuse as small teams like supersonic can't afford to change out their wheels on a regular basis

Thats not surprising. I wonder how long those oz and cf wheels last with multiple tire changes and all the abuse they go through.

[CasterTroy]

Thats not surprising. I wonder how long those oz and cf wheels last with multiple tire changes and all the abuse they go through.

Apparently ONE LESS race than this one saw :wtfru:

[azoomm]

Can you imagine? When I first saw it I thought someone just fucked up and didn't torque the castle nut, or missed the pin. Then, saw the pictures.

[Particle Man]

Can you imagine? When I first saw it I thought someone just fucked up and didn't torque the castle nut, or missed the pin. Then, saw the pictures.
That was my first thought as well along with, "Someone in the pit crew is getting their ass beat after that one"

But then I realized that there's probably nothing they could have done short of replacing the full assembly ahead of time (hindsight = 20/20 etc etc)

[Trip]

Whoever inspected the wheel is in shit now.

[Particle Man]

Whoever inspected the wheel is in shit now.

"Yep, it's still a wheel"


Later:
"Oh fuuuuuuuuuu...."

[tommymac]

Can you imagine? When I first saw it I thought someone just fucked up and didn't torque the castle nut, or missed the pin. Then, saw the pictures.

I figured it was some sort of failure, when I first saw it it was just the wheel, and no spokes or hub in the middle rolling down the track.

[derf]

The real question is weather or not he can still wheelie? Or is he gonna be a professional model/stuntergirl?

[azoomm]

Talk about wheel failure...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OtsIBbIPW9A&feature=player_embedded

[Archren]

:panic: Holy shit!! Glad the driver was ok!

[Particle Man]

Talk about wheel failure...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OtsIBbIPW9A&feature=player_embedded

That thing was sick - holy freaking crap :eek:

[CasterTroy]

Click to see full size


http://i.imgur.com/uLh7n.jpg

http://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w161/vazy_2007/BERGERSWHEEL.jpg

http://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w161/vazy_2007/bergerswheel1.jpg

[Avatard]

I'll bet the next batch of that particular wheel has slightly thicker spokes.

[Particle Man]

I'll bet the next batch of that particular wheel has slightly thicker spokes.

Ya think? :lol:

[r!der]

wow he literally road that wheels off that thing.