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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.
This was a terrible mistake. That thing ate tubes like whoah. -
@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
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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 was a bit surprised to have a derailleur pulley wheel come off on my mtb. Luckily it was towards the end of my ride and pretty much all downhill to the finish.
