Originally Posted by big john

It's raining here right now. Might have to skip the Tuesday ride if it doesn't stop.

Here in the land of year-round riding and being retired I seldom have to miss a weekend club ride. I am terrible with bike maintenance and always let things go too far. Been pretty lucky as far as breaking down on a ride, though.

Had a rear wheel grenade 50 miles from home and called a taxi one time. Had an mtb frame break and had to walk a couple miles. And had a freehub split down the middle while climbing a steep grade near home. It would still roll but no drive and I was able to coast most of the way home.

Had pedals snap off 3 times, 2 resulted in low speed crashes. Had to get picked up for those. Everything else I was able to repair roadside or ride the broken part back. At least twice I have broken seat rails. This means standing up for the rest of the ride, maybe just gently touch down. Had 3 seatposts break. One was an American Classic with the one bolt set screw adjusting the tilt. It broke when I was alone in the hills above Santa Barbara. I found a big ball bearing on the side of the road and was able to jam it in there so I could ride into town.

There were a lot more but most of these failures, if not all, would not have been prevented by maintenance.