Originally Posted by camhabib

That bike literally looks like it just disassembled itself - it's amazing how such a strong compound can be so weak under the right circumstance.

There's so much that can go wrong on a modern bike, I try to inspect before any ride. Wheels failing, frames cracking, bars coming off, chains snapping, etc. I know a lot of it can't be predicted, but I always try to check for these kinds of things before each ride. If nothing else, it provides me a little piece of mind.