Short experiment: breaking a spoke under high tension.
And a brief discussion on spoke load, and breakage causes.

- Contents -
00:00 Introduction
01:14 Explainig the experiment
04:11 Tightening the spoke
07:21 Spoke breaking
07:58 Analysis
09:05 Conclusion

- Useful links -
If you have any questions, please use the BikeGremlin forum (I try to respond to every comment, but YouTube sucks at notifications, especially when it comes to any follow-up questions):
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My experiment showing how rear wheel's left hand side spokes also transfer driving torque:
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List of all the BikeGremlin videos, sorted by categories:
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Bicycle wheel building basics explained:
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Book by Jobst Brandt: "The Bicycle Wheel" (Amazon affiliate link):
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Spoke tension meter I used, contact this channel's author:
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