Enjoy It While It Lasts: Show Your Broken & Worn-Out Gear
12-23-15, 11:12 AM
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Trek 610 Helicomatic. The rest is fine and the block is like new.
https://www.bikeforums.net/classic-vi...ww-yeah-4.html Post 77
https://www.bikeforums.net/classic-vi...ww-yeah-4.html Post 77
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12-23-15, 11:35 AM
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Had a picture, can't find it... lag screw flat all the way through rim. Guess that's what you get for riding to the dump.
01-29-17, 06:39 PM
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Bump! I've got a few more broken bits to add.
First, I broke a spoke on today's ride. Fortunately, I had a spoke wrench with me and was able to get most of the wobble out enough for me to finish the last 15 miles or so with 31 spokes on the rear.
Next up is a Wrights saddle. Came on a used bike. Never even used it because it felt very unstable and dried out from day one. Sadly, I just discovered that it tore on it's own while in storage.
This happened yesterday. Inadvertently stepped on top of the toe clip when getting started and snap! The rust couldn't have helped.
First, I broke a spoke on today's ride. Fortunately, I had a spoke wrench with me and was able to get most of the wobble out enough for me to finish the last 15 miles or so with 31 spokes on the rear.
Next up is a Wrights saddle. Came on a used bike. Never even used it because it felt very unstable and dried out from day one. Sadly, I just discovered that it tore on it's own while in storage.
This happened yesterday. Inadvertently stepped on top of the toe clip when getting started and snap! The rust couldn't have helped.
01-29-17, 09:01 PM
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Heres one, off my 87 Ironman Master, its the original Wolber Super Alpine. Riding home from work one day and my rear wheel starts wobbling like a broken spoke. stopped and took a look and didnt see anything continued on my 12 mile ride home.
A little later on after i got home I noticed my broken wheel
A little later on after i got home I noticed my broken wheel
01-29-17, 09:22 PM
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01-30-17, 08:35 AM
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Ouch! Is that a Lyotard 460? They're my favorite pedals, but this seems to happen sometimes. I make it a point never to stand on them. Did you save the dustcap? I need one.
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01-30-17, 08:01 PM
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I expect a few minor mishaps throughout the year. Though pretty good on preparing for mishaps, carry means to fix a spoke, have a few misc. screws, wire, duct tape, etc.. Its amazing what you can carry in a very small tool packet. Always a feel good too when someone else is broken down and I've got the fix on hand. Most common for me are a broken spoke or toe straps.
Happened to have a pic of this-
Take a closer look and then the temporary 'fix'
Happened to have a pic of this-
Take a closer look and then the temporary 'fix'
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01-30-17, 08:12 PM
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Not mine, seen on a century ride:
01-30-17, 10:57 PM
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Jon, yes, I like these pedals quite a bit, too. Nice and wide. I did save all the bits, however, I'm holding onto them in the hopes I may find another donor pedal for a replacement spindle. I'll let you know if I come across an extra dust cap.
01-31-17, 05:13 AM
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This
resulted in this
which resulted in this
resulted in this
which resulted in this
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01-31-17, 05:22 AM
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01-31-17, 06:17 AM
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Keywin pedal plate (compared to a new one)
it really had lost weight
Sugino Mighty cranks. Used, good as new, maybe 500mls ridden
new old stock Campy hoods
it really had lost weight
Sugino Mighty cranks. Used, good as new, maybe 500mls ridden
new old stock Campy hoods
01-31-17, 06:49 AM
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Hit by a drunk driver:
A somewhat worn out Brooks:
Another hit by a distracted driver:
Cracked after 2 years use:
A somewhat worn out Brooks:
Another hit by a distracted driver:
Cracked after 2 years use:
01-31-17, 10:03 AM
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I snapped this picture in a parking garage in Indy last year. Not particularly unusual to see a wrecked bike locked to a rack, but the sign is kinda funny.
01-31-17, 11:06 AM
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A friend of mine had an almost identical failure with a LeMond carbon fork. He was trying to transport rebar on his bike and one of the bars slipped into the front wheel. 
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01-31-17, 11:58 AM
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Do these count? I like to photograph bike parts embedded in asphalt.
My photo, but not my chain, as seen on 59th St right near Columbus Circle, Manhattan:
My photo, but not my derailleur... I think this was on 7th Avenue a little south of Times Square:
My photo, but not my chain, as seen on 59th St right near Columbus Circle, Manhattan:
My photo, but not my derailleur... I think this was on 7th Avenue a little south of Times Square:
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01-31-17, 05:09 PM
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I would have walked all the way home. I'm so ignorant that even though I can see the extra chain link I still don't know what broke or how it's fixed.
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01-31-17, 05:55 PM
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01-31-17, 06:37 PM
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Oh, I get it now--sort of can't believe I didn't notice it before.
I remember my dad telling me he had to do that once on a tour, when his RD blew up on the Turkey's national highway--which he described as a nightmare of heavy trucks and no shoulder--ten miles or so out of Istanbul.
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