@xtaran asks:
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@ascentale @xtaran @bikenite #BikeNite
A2. While bombing down a rocky trail, a part of one of the front cantilever brakes on my '93 MTB fell off, and I didn't notice til miles later. Turns out old XTR cantilever parts are *very* hard to find now, so we went back the next day (me on a different bike) to re-ride the trail v e r y s l o w l y, and, amazingly, found the cantilever (thanks to my eagle-eyed husband).
@akkana @ascentale @xtaran @bikenite Thanks for the reminder to put my old XTR groupset up for sale. Includes v-brakes rather than cantilevers
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@ascentale @xtaran @bikenite A2. Man, I am so *bummed* to hear that happened on a Brompton. I had a Brompton built in the '90s, but the build quality on it was so good and I really like smaller manufacturers like they are (used to be?).
The Ti-Trikes cargo quadricycle had a few fails...bad QA. The batteries shipped having difficulty holding a charge, for one. I can pedal it a little acoustically, but it's a bad fail to have when you have osteoarthritis in the knees. #BikeNite
@meganL @ascentale @xtaran @bikenite I think/hope the G line is working through its first manufacturing hiccups (they had a hinge problem to that is fixed now)
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@meganL @ascentale @xtaran @bikenite I think/hope the G line is working through its first manufacturing hiccups (they had a hinge problem to that is fixed now)
@otfrom @ascentale @xtaran @bikenite One of those times where being a "pioneer user" doesn't pay off.
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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
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A2.
I had a pedal just outright fall off. Fortunately I'd just set off and was less than a hundred meters from home.
It was a Brompton folding pedal, that had a very specific spacer, that I didn't know I had to go look for until it was far too late.
I now have MTB flats on it, and stuff the folding pedal. -
@oheso @nothingfuture @ascentale @xtaran @bikenite
Haha, yup. Wild! I've also broken a saddle rail, and once had a seatpost start to rip in half (steel so at least it didn't just shatter! I blame the person who had clamped a pedicab clamp to it too aggressively). Over time I think we just accumulate every single possible type of failure, with enough riding!
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@ascentale @xtaran @bikenite A2: the first Shitmano 8 speed hub that failed after 5000km was unexpected. Warranty replacement.
The replacement also failing after 5000km was less unexpected. No warranty despite being inside the 2 year promised warrenty period.
When the third one failed also after 5000km it was 100% expected.
A Rohloff would have been cheaper.
@moz @ascentale @xtaran @bikenite I am experiencing similar with my Enviolo NuVinci 360 box losing gear ratio. No warranty left, 5000 km.
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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. During a multi-day trip away from home, two spokes on the rear wheel snapped. It happened to me again afterward.
Went to my local shop to get it completely re-spoked. Since than the gearing on my Enviolo 360 hasn’t been working properly. Three different bike shops haven’t been able to fix it yet. -
@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. My very first failure, a long time ago, was a cotter pin on a crank. I can't have been more than 8 or 9 and I had no idea what had happened. It was my first bike, rented for me by my mother for the summer, and I was scared to mention it, so I rode around going clonk, clonk, clonk for a few days until one of my friends noticed and asked his dad to fix it.
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@ajft @ascentale @xtaran @bikenite
Yikes!
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@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
@daihard @ascentale @xtaran @bikenite
A3. Yes, that's happened to me a few times when I have ridden too fast over a hard-to-see small kerb without lifting myself in time. It's quite close to home though, so I can usually bang the nose of the saddle down and get back OK.
Edit: typo.
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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
A2:Brand new one for me this week:
in a nutshell (long story, else)
lower idler on rear derailleur seized up. the tension idler.
on this derailleur, it's a sealed bearing cartidge style. Not bushings.
Too much winter road treatment slop. bearing froze.
This was a 'full-stop, cannot continue' failure. Took me a while to figure it out.
thankfully, the weather was nice & sunny.
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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
A2. Domino effect, had to laugh abt this personal misfortune recently so have one on me too ...
[.|.] - prev outing - chain-ring guard came loose, removed for future refixing. Forgot, then mislaid it...
[:|:] - first steep section on next outing, shoe-lace gets snagged on top chain-wheel sprocket, forcing stop.
[:.|:.] - while retying, still straddling bike, it begins to fall, I grab handlebar hard in unusual place - happens to be the battery V meter. Nasty smell and no assistance.
[::|::] - ride the bike back to base, unladen, so decide to take a shorter more scenic trail. This involves riding over fallen trees. Small branch snags in wheel and trashes mudguard. Limp rest of way back.
[:.:|:.:] already had enough, I give-up the ride on the only non-rain day for a while, eat rations and surrender to another trip in rain another day [see A1]
[:::|:::] you get this
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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 @bikenite #BikeNite: Ouch, 44 replies on Q2. That will take a while to read through all of them. 🤪
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@silvermoon82 @oheso @yantor3d @ascentale @bikenite #BikeNite A2 follow-up: Brompton G-Lines are known for their right pedal (and only the right one) to come loose after a while if you hadn't fastened it more than ex-works. Happened to me after maybe 1500km. Knew about it and noticed the loosening screw before it fell off.
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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 I guess the third time you snap a Hunt Wheels axle you can't call it 'unexpected', but that's been my most regular occurance over the past couple of years. I've have 2 seatpost clamps go in 18 months too. All rather boring really. A2 #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
#BikeNite A2: I've had the opposite: The hub seized completely. No cassette freewheel, the wheel wouldn't turn. I loosened the skewer so I could walk the bike to the LBS.
I noticed resistance to pedalling over a few kilometres and finally stopped, in the dark, at a park bench under a street light, to pop the wheel out, thinking some debris was caught in the hub.
Bought a new wheel, cheaper than getting the LBS to lace in a new hub, and faster than doing it myself.
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@silvermoon82 @oheso @yantor3d @ascentale @bikenite #BikeNite A2 follow-up: Brompton G-Lines are known for their right pedal (and only the right one) to come loose after a while if you hadn't fastened it more than ex-works. Happened to me after maybe 1500km. Knew about it and noticed the loosening screw before it fell off.
@xtaran @silvermoon82 @oheso @yantor3d @ascentale @bikenite useful to know
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@ascentale @xtaran @bikenite A2: the pinion gears in my Mt Drive shattered. Which turned out to be a known issue and it was replaced under warranty. Luckily I could pop a standard BB in and keep riding.
Technically One Less Ute failed in an unexpected way, but the design was "I wonder what I can get away with" so it was doomed from the start. A 25kg Long John is optimistic, making the load bed 1.5m long and putting 150kg on it is really pushing the envelope.
@moz
failed mountain drive?i installed (fsvo) a lot of schlumpf drives of various flavors back in Florian's day.
Florian insisted all the drives shifted fine & safely under load.
Me?
wasn't convinced.the only one we ever had fail was a mountain drive.
& I know the client would shift under hard loading.
They alwys felt (to me) like they took a bit'o time & movement to mesh properly.
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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. Other than me, I’ve broken a derailure cable (annoying), and broke two chain links (the first I got a ride home, the second was a long was a long walk in cleats). My bike has been rideable after several crashes, so annoying but no breakage). #BikeNight
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@ascentale @xtaran @bikenite A2. One of my cranks fell off once. Couldn't find the bolt - I think it had come loose and fallen off miles earlier.
Flat tires don't count, but what about the time I had a flat tire and my hand pump _fell apart_? Don't buy cheap tools...
@yantor3d @ascentale @xtaran @bikenite oh, I’ve had two flats with non working pumps, two more long walks home… #BikeNight
