Triple bond isolates a G2 component

If two simple roots have angle $5\pi /6$, normalize them to unit vectors $u,v$ with $(u,v)=-\sqrt{3}/2$. For any other unit simple root $w$, set $r=(u,w)\le 0$, $s=(v,w)\le 0$. Its three-root Gram matrix has determinant $1/4-r^2-s^2-\sqrt{3}rs$. Any nonzero $r$ or $s$ has absolute value at least $1/2$, contradicting positive definiteness. Thus all other simple roots are orthogonal to $u,v$. An irreducible root system containing this triple bond must be the rank-two G2 root system.