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Disintegrating Wheel During Track Event – Yikes!

May 26, 2016 by Adam Farabaugh

disinigrating wheel

Imagine having your wheel disintegrate underneath you. Matt Crampton of Britain had that happen at Coupe de France Fenioux Piste in the Saint-Quentin-En-Yvelines Velodrome in France. A retired track racer, Martin Vinnicombe speculated that it was likely that the alloy rim de-laminated from the inner part of the wheel which was made from carbon. Regardless of reason, that would be scary, especially if out on the open road. The video below captures the disintegration toward the end of the video.  

Insolite : Explosion / Désintégration d’une roue carbone au Vé…Insolite : Spectaculaire explosion / désintégration de la roue arrière carbone du britannique “Mathew CRAMPTON” lors du 200 m lancé sur la piste du vélodrome de Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines lors de la Coupe de France « Fenioux », le 21 mai 2016. Une 1ère au vélodrome national de SQY à notre connaissance … Le métier de coureur cycliste sur piste est vraiment très proche de celui d’un funambule : Admirez !…

Posted by VCMB Compétition on Sunday, May 22, 2016

Filed Under: Videos Tagged With: component failures, cycling videos, disintegrating wheel

About Adam Farabaugh

I am a former professional road cyclist and traveled the world riding and racing my bike. I started out in high school learning everything the hard way through a lot of trial and error and made it to racing with the worlds best. I hope I can give good insight into riding and everything that encompasses cycling.

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