@xtaran asks:
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I would have said the seat post bolt snapping on me a couple of weeks ago (the one that holds the clamp to the rails of the seat), but according to a number of people on here they've had the same thing happen!
I had a front brake go once. But it weirdly went in that the spring vanished. So it would still work to stop the bike, but it had to be manually opened again after all stops if I didn't want to ride with a lot of extra resistance. It was a "fun" week until I could get it into the shop and have them diagnose the problem (those are apparently not replaceable, you have to get a whole new brake).
@SRLevine @ascentale @xtaran @bikenite Not a bike story, but my dad and I were once driving a ton and a half truck down Highway 32 in Northern California (steep grades, canyon-edge sections with no guard rails), and the brakes failed. Dad was driving and managed to get it stopped. He called a mechanic friend (I forget how, maybe he flagged down a passing motorist?) who fixed the brakes, but in the way you describe—so we limped home avoiding any use of the brakes. Such, such were the joys.
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@glent @ascentale @xtaran @bikenite
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@xtaran asks:
Given that the freewheel of my Brompton Electric G-Line started failing today and the cassette was spinning without the wheel in both directions...
Q2. What _unexpected_ part failures have you had on your cycle(s)? (Ordinary flat tires do not count.
)#BikeNiteQ #BikeNite #BikeTooter #Cycling #MastoBikes cc @bikenite
@ascentale @xtaran @bikenite A2
Broken handlebar, wallowed out crank, chain (bad maintenance on my part), broken helmet (garage door failure while I was walking under), a stop sign (leaned on and found out the wooden post was rotten) -
@xtaran asks:
Given that the freewheel of my Brompton Electric G-Line started failing today and the cassette was spinning without the wheel in both directions...
Q2. What _unexpected_ part failures have you had on your cycle(s)? (Ordinary flat tires do not count.
)#BikeNiteQ #BikeNite #BikeTooter #Cycling #MastoBikes cc @bikenite
A2. Derailleur broke off and wedged between my rear wheel spokes as I was bicycling home. Crashed with only skin burn on my forearm. But no way to wheel it home. About 30 Kilometers away. So I carried it, put it down, carried it over and over. Kind man in his pickup gave me a ride. I had a good amount of cash (for me) on my person at the time. He refused payment.
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@ascentale @xtaran @bikenite A2
Broken handlebar, wallowed out crank, chain (bad maintenance on my part), broken helmet (garage door failure while I was walking under), a stop sign (leaned on and found out the wooden post was rotten)@ascentale @xtaran @bikenite oh, and a picket fence because I wore out my snow chains in the middle of a snow commute
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@xtaran asks:
Given that the freewheel of my Brompton Electric G-Line started failing today and the cassette was spinning without the wheel in both directions...
Q2. What _unexpected_ part failures have you had on your cycle(s)? (Ordinary flat tires do not count.
)#BikeNiteQ #BikeNite #BikeTooter #Cycling #MastoBikes cc @bikenite
@ascentale @xtaran @bikenite
A2: Not an ordinary flat: Second year of using my Schwalbe winter tyres. Easy, find a warm halway and fix it. Second time was -20C or so, find another warm hallway. I mainly bike at night so running short on warm places. It kept happening and I thought it was my old rubber so changed the tube. After a few weeks this one starts failing too. I have a closer look and it has about 120 evenly spaced holes. The spikes are working themselves through the tires...
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@xtaran asks:
Given that the freewheel of my Brompton Electric G-Line started failing today and the cassette was spinning without the wheel in both directions...
Q2. What _unexpected_ part failures have you had on your cycle(s)? (Ordinary flat tires do not count.
)#BikeNiteQ #BikeNite #BikeTooter #Cycling #MastoBikes cc @bikenite
@ascentale @xtaran @bikenite #BikeNite #BikeTooter #Cycling #MastoBikes A2, I once had the pedal shaft strip out of the crankarm on my Kona while pre-riding a race course. It was of course at the very furthest and lowest point of the course. It took a bit but I finally figured out to tie the pedal to my shoe and squeeze the shaft into the crankarm.
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@xtaran asks:
Given that the freewheel of my Brompton Electric G-Line started failing today and the cassette was spinning without the wheel in both directions...
Q2. What _unexpected_ part failures have you had on your cycle(s)? (Ordinary flat tires do not count.
)#BikeNiteQ #BikeNite #BikeTooter #Cycling #MastoBikes cc @bikenite
@ascentale @xtaran @bikenite A2: I had a Specialized Ruby saddle crack — during a track race. I liked that saddle, but after talking with other women found out it happened with them frequently. Before my then-mechanic made me a bespoke shim, I had a seatpost sink, also during a race. That lovely custom-for-someone-else track bike has, uh, weird tubes. #BikeNite
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@ascentale @xtaran @bikenite A2. Before I knew better, I bought a cheap department store bike. While I was pedaling from a stop at an intersection, the entire rear axle got bent out of shape and wouldn’t rotate.
@twoodford @ascentale @xtaran @bikenite A2. An ex had a cheap department store bike and went over the handlebars when the forks suddenly bent. Praise helmets
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@xtaran asks:
Given that the freewheel of my Brompton Electric G-Line started failing today and the cassette was spinning without the wheel in both directions...
Q2. What _unexpected_ part failures have you had on your cycle(s)? (Ordinary flat tires do not count.
)#BikeNiteQ #BikeNite #BikeTooter #Cycling #MastoBikes cc @bikenite
@ascentale @xtaran @bikenite A2: I’ve snapped half a dozen bb spindles, a front axel, and once exploded an Mtb shift pod with my knee. I twisted (along the long axis) a set of cranks. Broke a seatpost clamp, bent saddle rails, and have snapped two frames and ovalized the bb shell of a third. I’ve bent half a dozen brake rotors.
These are what I remember. I’m sure there are bins of cooked parts in the garage that I don’t recall.
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@ascentale @xtaran @bikenite A2: I’ve snapped half a dozen bb spindles, a front axel, and once exploded an Mtb shift pod with my knee. I twisted (along the long axis) a set of cranks. Broke a seatpost clamp, bent saddle rails, and have snapped two frames and ovalized the bb shell of a third. I’ve bent half a dozen brake rotors.
These are what I remember. I’m sure there are bins of cooked parts in the garage that I don’t recall.
#bikenite@ascentale @xtaran @bikenite Oh, right- I grenaded a rear hub. Got it to spin in both directions, and on disassembly found I’d both broken the ratchet ring AND ALSO broken every single place a pawl was mounted in the freehub. Just a wild failure mode. #bikenite
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@ajft @ascentale @xtaran @bikenite
A2. I completely forgot I had that happen on one of my first cheap department store bicycles. Completely forgot about that bike. I think I blocked it out because it was such a bad experience.
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@ascentale @xtaran @bikenite Oh, right- I grenaded a rear hub. Got it to spin in both directions, and on disassembly found I’d both broken the ratchet ring AND ALSO broken every single place a pawl was mounted in the freehub. Just a wild failure mode. #bikenite
@nothingfuture @ascentale @xtaran @bikenite
This sounds like every automobile I've ever owned.
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@xtaran asks:
Given that the freewheel of my Brompton Electric G-Line started failing today and the cassette was spinning without the wheel in both directions...
Q2. What _unexpected_ part failures have you had on your cycle(s)? (Ordinary flat tires do not count.
)#BikeNiteQ #BikeNite #BikeTooter #Cycling #MastoBikes cc @bikenite
@ascentale @xtaran @bikenite A2. There’s a little plastic piece on my main bike (Tern NBD) that attaches to the gear hub. After what turned out to be quite a few warning signs last year, it basically just snapped in half as I went over a bump. Took a while to get the replacement part in, as it wasn’t something my LBS kept in stock. Irksome to be sidelined for a small plastic piece! (I’m sure it has an official name, I just have no idea what it is.) #BikeNite
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@xtaran asks:
Given that the freewheel of my Brompton Electric G-Line started failing today and the cassette was spinning without the wheel in both directions...
Q2. What _unexpected_ part failures have you had on your cycle(s)? (Ordinary flat tires do not count.
)#BikeNiteQ #BikeNite #BikeTooter #Cycling #MastoBikes cc @bikenite
@ascentale @xtaran @bikenite
#BikeNite A2:
Besides the numerous flat tires, and several shifter cable breaks, the only less usual part failure has been a broken spoke when a thick twig hopped up and caught in the stays. But that happened 17 or 18 years ago. Since then I am more careful with running over twigs -
@oheso @ascentale @xtaran @bikenite
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@ajft @ascentale @xtaran @bikenite back when I was racing and buying the lightest everything, I had seatposts break. Similar experience, awwwwwkward ride.
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@ascentale @xtaran @bikenite
A2: Not an ordinary flat: Second year of using my Schwalbe winter tyres. Easy, find a warm halway and fix it. Second time was -20C or so, find another warm hallway. I mainly bike at night so running short on warm places. It kept happening and I thought it was my old rubber so changed the tube. After a few weeks this one starts failing too. I have a closer look and it has about 120 evenly spaced holes. The spikes are working themselves through the tires...
#BikeNite@eq @ascentale @xtaran @bikenite I thought oh studded tires I can make that with little wood screws and some duct tape and a tire liner to cover the heads.
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@xtaran asks:
Given that the freewheel of my Brompton Electric G-Line started failing today and the cassette was spinning without the wheel in both directions...
Q2. What _unexpected_ part failures have you had on your cycle(s)? (Ordinary flat tires do not count.
)#BikeNiteQ #BikeNite #BikeTooter #Cycling #MastoBikes cc @bikenite
@ascentale@sfba.social @xtaran@chaos.social @bikenite@fedigroups.social A2: May not be totally unexpected, but my saddle suddenly tilted backwards while I was riding relatively fast. Sure scared the heck out of me! As it turned out, I hadn't tightened the saddle nearly as much as I was supposed to (5 Nm vs 12 Nm)... #BikeNite #MastoBikes #BikeTooter
