@xtaran asks:
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@ascentale@sfba.social @xtaran@chaos.social @bikenite@fedigroups.social My former Streetmachine GT (the older steel-framed model) suffered a catastrophic failure of the main frame tube after about 47,000 miles of use. At first I thought there was something wrong with the front tyre - the bike just felt non-specically funny. After stopping several times to investigate and finding nothing, I started off uphill and accordingly gave a harder shove on the pedal to get rolling. Felt the seat move in a weird way, so dismounted and discovered the Crack-of-Doom
while looking for problems with the seat brackets or rear suspension...
Fortunately I was only a couple of miles from home, so got back by walking and carefully rolling down hills. The crack had enlarged to comedy proportions by the time I got back, with the front of the bike wandering in a different direction to the rear. (The break would be in compression while I was astride the bike, but was subject to all sorts of twisting forces while wheeling.)
As the bike was beyond economic repair, with the suspension and drivetrain well worn and coming up for replacement, I bought a shiny new GTe model (sadly at post-Brexit prices), and transplanted most of the accessories. The front boom from the old bike found a home with someone who'd bought a bike from a shorter rider and needed one with a little more extension, so that part of the frame lives on.
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@kim Yikes!
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@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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@the5thColumnist That looks like it could actually work, especially on slightly loose packed snowy roads
Wonder how long they stay on though, seems to be missing one already.
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@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. -
@the5thColumnist That looks like it could actually work, especially on slightly loose packed snowy roads
Wonder how long they stay on though, seems to be missing one already.
It was for a race on a frozen pond and it didn't work.
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@the5thColumnist @smellsofbikes @eq @ascentale @bikenite: Those spokes look odd, too.
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@cpm @ascentale @xtaran @bikenite Yeah, he had a bad batch of pinion gears. The HPV forums had a couple of other people with the problem. But 'normal' people were fine, it was folk like me, and tandem riders, that broke them.
I still wonder whether he just under-specced them and discovered that 1% of users were stronger than expected.
@moz @cpm @ascentale @bikenite: Funny that SchumpfDrives come up in this thread. Got one, too, and it's still working fine. It's though a rather new, Kwiggle built one. Florian still builds one type himself: Those for unicycles. Met him at last year's SPEZI (special bike fair in Germany).
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@the5thColumnist @eq @ascentale @xtaran @bikenite This is close to what I did.
FWIW Schwalbe has a studded snow tire for under $60 (each) and unless you're really strapped for funds I think that's a better deal than a DIY. I particularly think Nokians with carbide studs, even though they're more expensive than my car's tires, are worth every penny. They last forever and don't wreck your tubes.
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@the5thColumnist @smellsofbikes @eq @ascentale @bikenite: Those spokes look odd, too.
@xtaran @the5thColumnist @eq @ascentale @bikenite Spokes are a fancy wrap job: halfway out, twist around adjacent spoke, then back to a different hole than where they'd usually go. These fail quickly in use in my experience but they sure look cool. (Tie-and-solder spokes are *good* but a pita to replace when you break one.)
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@the5thColumnist @eq @ascentale @xtaran @bikenite This is close to what I did.
FWIW Schwalbe has a studded snow tire for under $60 (each) and unless you're really strapped for funds I think that's a better deal than a DIY. I particularly think Nokians with carbide studs, even though they're more expensive than my car's tires, are worth every penny. They last forever and don't wreck your tubes.
(I bet a DIY with tubeless tires and extra sealant would work well, though.)@smellsofbikes @eq @ascentale @xtaran @bikenite
I use the Schwalbe Winter Marathons.
