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It will probably run for quite a while doing that, but there's a reason the spoke broke in the first place. It's usually due to a single spoke being more heavily loaded than the rest.

I've never seen any sort of spec for cranks related to chainstay length. Might be an issue with fat bikes or some other frame configuration that I don't know about but standard road frames will take a wide range of cranks/chainrings - from 22 teeth at the low end to 56 at the high end.

As I understand it, it's fairly common for machine built wheels to break spokes. I assume it's due to excessive tension on a single spoke that concentrates stress in the weak point of the spoke, which is the 90 degree bend at the hub. The spoke may have been overly loaded to compensate for a...

I could measure tube diameters and details of the road frames but wouldn't have much information on the MTBs. Most of mine were built before the CAAD series came about. I think all I have is a couple of Headshok hardtail CAAD frames.

There's a lot more tension on the drive side spokes, so when one breaks the rim goes way out of true. Did the spoke break at the hub?

Back on topic, my only ride in recent days was on my 1985 ST400 after parking a truck load of hay inside in anticipation of rain that never happened. We have only had about 18" of rain this year, normal is about 30". Couldn't find a picture of the ST400, will have to take one.

CAAD6 and CAAD5 were introduced at the same time (2001 model year). CAAD6 was BB30 and CAAD5 was threaded. CAAD7 and CAAD9 frames were made both ways. As far as I know, all CAAD8 frames were threaded. One way to identify threaded BB models is the ones that came with Shimano cranks are...

Cannondale came up with BB30 (non-threaded) in order to lighten up the crank assembly by using a hollow spindle which required a larger bearing outside diameter than would fit in a threaded BB shell. Klein had used press fit bottom brackets previously but they were for standard square taper...

Friend and I took the train to Denver (900 miles) for Veloswap one year. I came home with lots of parts but no complete bike. I've purchased many bikes in Madison, WI (180 miles) and Chicago area (100-140 miles). Farther than that I resort to shipping or an enabler. My orange XR800 came from...