Thursday Video - Carbon Wheel Explosion

When the front wheel explodes, the captain heads up the track to slow down

This week's video shows a couple track cyclists riding a tandem when their carbon front wheel lets go. You can hear it snap when they are entering the turn on the left end. The tandem captain immediately takes it up the track. As they come around to the front stretch, you can see tire and tube flying off. and they finally go down and slide to the inside of the track.


Here's the video: