What's your inventory of bike parts you've broken so far this year?
09-02-13, 08:18 AM
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What's your inventory of bike parts you've broken so far this year?
Nds crank arm, shimano dura ace 7800
Nds crank arm, SRAM red (bb30)
Saddle, san marco caymano
Saddle, neuvation s3
Chainring SRAM red 53 (folded over tooth)
Nds crank arm, SRAM red (bb30)
Saddle, san marco caymano
Saddle, neuvation s3
Chainring SRAM red 53 (folded over tooth)
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How do you bend a chainring tooth ?
This year my Zipp hub shell cracked.
A couple of years ago busted a rim in a race and Open Pro rim developed cracks at spoke holes.
This year my Zipp hub shell cracked.
A couple of years ago busted a rim in a race and Open Pro rim developed cracks at spoke holes.
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09-02-13, 08:45 AM
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I evidently need to HTFU, I am not riding hard enough. I am a Clyde (6' 225#) and I'm not breaking parts (saddle???) or bending chainrings.
09-02-13, 08:51 AM
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Seatpost (Ritchey Superlogic carbon) supposedly overtightened
Seatpost collar - cheap cheap chinese J&K aluminum
Seatpost collar - cheap cheap chinese J&K aluminum
09-02-13, 10:12 AM
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Neuvation saddle, the cheap plastic shell cracked. The San Marco, a to rail snapped. Folding over a tooth on a chain ring, clearly I haven't been making the requisite offerings to the Cycling gods. Crank arms, well I do dish out gobs of power
09-02-13, 11:44 AM
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That's what I was thinking. I'm 6'4"/240, reasonably strong, and I haven't broken anything in years if you don't count tubes. If I were tearing stuff up, though, I'd look at my maintenance and my riding technique.
09-02-13, 11:46 AM
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Umm, none. But most of my parts are over 20 years old. I guess if they haven't broken yet, they're not going to.
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I guess, I am a wimp. I have been riding since 2006, am 6'3" and my weight has been between 232 and 205 and I have never broken anything. Flat tires is about it.
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two. a neuvation m28 aero front wheel where i discovered cracks at 11 of 16 spoke holes. also got into someone's rear derailleur and ripped out 8 spokes in my backup front wheel. much to my surprise, my bike shop rebuilt the wheel and it seems good as new.
09-02-13, 01:14 PM
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I broke a Specialized S-works helmet and Hincapie jersey and bibs. You can guess how.
09-02-13, 01:26 PM
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I stripped the threads on an old aluminum headset on a mountain bike. It wouldn't stay tight and eventually, it just gave up.
Other than some spokes, I can't think of anything else that has broken in over 40 years of riding.
Other than some spokes, I can't think of anything else that has broken in over 40 years of riding.
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Oh yes, a gear cable snapped on a ride and I wore out a set of brake pads.
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Shimano brifters (105)
Bar tape
Not so bad but cost was $240 to replace the above I wished I had not had to fork out.
Bar tape
Not so bad but cost was $240 to replace the above I wished I had not had to fork out.
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This year, so far: nothing, unless you count tires and a chain. Wearing out isn't breaking. Wheelset is holding up better than I expected, given the piss-poor roads around here.
Makes up for last year when I broke a wheel and an entire bike (cracked seat tube).
Makes up for last year when I broke a wheel and an entire bike (cracked seat tube).
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Never had a hub of any other brand break in all these years.
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1) Reynolds Assault - spoke front wheel. crashed 3 times in past w/o a problem. dialed it up to 400 and snapped one. having both wheels relaced currrently
2) Reynolds 46DVT - hit a pothole in a race at 40mph and caused a small irregularity in the braking surface. I emailed Reynolds and told them I intended to superglue it back together. They said send it back to us and we will replace the rim. ok.
3) Garmin 500- little gromits that hold the computer in the twist mount broke off. currently held on with duct tape to barfly mount.
4) Capo kit i bought from excel boulder pretty much dissolved in the washing machine after 3 cycles. exchanged for Castelli San Remo Speedsuit (big thumbs up to this)
5) front deraileur cable on crit bike somehow got frayed and is down to several wires now re-enforced with duct tape. My season is done so I'm just going to recable it.
2) Reynolds 46DVT - hit a pothole in a race at 40mph and caused a small irregularity in the braking surface. I emailed Reynolds and told them I intended to superglue it back together. They said send it back to us and we will replace the rim. ok.
3) Garmin 500- little gromits that hold the computer in the twist mount broke off. currently held on with duct tape to barfly mount.
4) Capo kit i bought from excel boulder pretty much dissolved in the washing machine after 3 cycles. exchanged for Castelli San Remo Speedsuit (big thumbs up to this)
5) front deraileur cable on crit bike somehow got frayed and is down to several wires now re-enforced with duct tape. My season is done so I'm just going to recable it.
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One Dura Ace 7800 chain snapped on me
I thrashed two spokes on my rear wheel
spoke nipples pulled through the cheap alloy rim on a powertap wheel I'm borrowing.
That's it.
I thrashed two spokes on my rear wheel
spoke nipples pulled through the cheap alloy rim on a powertap wheel I'm borrowing.
That's it.
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I busted one specialized Toupe. And sure . . . I'll go with it was their fault too.
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