Horror Story: Back in the days when I used to mountain bike, I was slowly making my up a slope covered in loose rock. I lost traction, couldn't unclip in time and fell over. No, that's not the horror story. Somehow I managed to fall just right and my front brake lever snapped. We were leaving on a weekend mountain biking trip up to Mammoth Mountain and being 5pm, no one was going to be able to repair this for me. I was lucky to get home in time to high tail it to an LBS who happened to have a brake in stock. On the positive side, I did manage to learn how to install hydraulic brakes that evening.