bing Posted August 13, 2013 Report Share Posted August 13, 2013 3 years has seen - -Snapped Python, cracked Czar 06, cracked Ice 2, cracked Ozonys V1, snapped GU ST, cracked Lite 09 + 07, cracked Echo 24". -Snapped Try-All forxx, cracked Try-All forks x2. This past years seen - -Snapped axles, 4 sets of bent Echo Urban forks, one set of bent Neon forks, a cracked set of Neon forks, cracked/split viz rear 24 rim. I swear you are the only person I know who has bent so many sets of forks. Mikey douglas does loads of upto fronts and he's never bent a set Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamR28 Posted August 13, 2013 Report Share Posted August 13, 2013 Up to fronts are pretty kind to forks relatively though I guess, it's botched hooks that destroy them. As for how often my bike breaks, I found a crack in my 4 year old cranks about a month ago, and I've had a couple of punctures in the last few years, and changed a set of grips, but that's it. As Ali says (and I've said before), selecting the right parts for your riding really helps. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chimpanzyyyy Posted August 13, 2013 Report Share Posted August 13, 2013 As Ali says (and I've said before), selecting the right parts for your riding really helps. but you are both dead smooth aswell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dngr2self Posted August 13, 2013 Report Share Posted August 13, 2013 Recently I've: - snapped a pair of try all forks - cracked try all bars - buggered the internals of an echo ti ffw - gone through 2 headsets - snapped heatsink yellow - snapped rear hub axle - snapped 2 stan bolts - snapped chain - snapped try all pedal body - snapped echo sl crank Moral of the story... never build a light bike and expect it to be complete. How did you snap a pad? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotty Evil1 Posted August 13, 2013 Report Share Posted August 13, 2013 I haven't really 'Broken' anything in a while really, aside from chains and getting a few punctures. Most of the things I've had to change over the last 18-24 months have just been through age and wear n tear. 2012-2013 1 set of trialtech forks which I changed after 18 months due to cracks appearing ( could have gotten away with using them for a bit longer) 1 Genesis frame cracked after 12 months 1 Hub, which i stripped due to using a rear sprocket that wasn't really up to trials 1 crank, again which I stripped, after I was rushing building my bike when i was in sweden, I was standing on the pedal as i tightened it up after a quick ride around (Doh!) 2 rear axles. From a new brand, first batch they made,bit of a dodgy batch again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FamilyBiker Posted August 13, 2013 Report Share Posted August 13, 2013 How did you snap a pad? this! shiddy wok pads style? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeyseemonkeydo Posted August 13, 2013 Report Share Posted August 13, 2013 worn some grips out worn my front hub bearings out The advantage of using suitable parts Exactly. Someone said early 'everything breaks with time' but that doesn't have to be the case. I haven't broken a bike part in probably 5+ years. I wear things out and get bored so buy new stuff for the hell of it but things rarely break. Edit: Actually, I broke an ISIS BB axle at a demo probably 4 years ago. That's the last thing I can remember breaking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamKidney Posted August 13, 2013 Report Share Posted August 13, 2013 I swear you are the only person I know who has bent so many sets of forks. Mikey douglas does loads of upto fronts and he's never bent a set First set of Neons were my own fault, which is why I chose not to persue a warranty claim and bought new ones myself. These however have only been ridden a handful of times. Fitted Thursday eve before Radfest that weekend, then did my ankle in on the last day. Ridden only a little since then. (less than an hour since radfest). Crack developed at Radfest because I pointed it out to Adam@tarty and we agreed it was weird for them to go in such a short timescale. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamR28 Posted August 13, 2013 Report Share Posted August 13, 2013 Yeah man, that was pretty odd... Are they on the way back then? We'll get you sorted out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harmertrials Posted August 13, 2013 Report Share Posted August 13, 2013 this! shiddy wok pads style? The backing snapped. Not the material itself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chimpanzyyyy Posted August 13, 2013 Report Share Posted August 13, 2013 How did you snap a pad? I heard someone named TRA can melt pads with finger strenght and 11 feet gaps Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blake Posted August 13, 2013 Report Share Posted August 13, 2013 I change parts too often to break stuff, I dent rims a lot but my mod weighs over 10KG's so it's pretty tough overall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamKidney Posted August 13, 2013 Report Share Posted August 13, 2013 Yeah man, that was pretty odd... Are they on the way back then? We'll get you sorted out Shall fire them your way tomorrow, will pop through an email this eve just to confirm everything ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onzatpro09 Posted August 13, 2013 Report Share Posted August 13, 2013 (edited) I snapped a rear axle on my genesis, got another one specially made and snapped that within an hour, so got yet another drilled out of titanium. Other than that, a couple of snapped chains, mashed up hub bearings, snapped all but one pawl in a tensile 60 freewheel and had a few punctures. Edited August 17, 2013 by onzatpro09 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HippY Posted August 13, 2013 Report Share Posted August 13, 2013 sometimes my bike works Maguras hates me. specially on the back. sometimes its leaking, sometimes the piston, pads, clamps, everything that can go wrong has already went wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.KYDD Posted August 14, 2013 Report Share Posted August 14, 2013 I dent rims a lot Don't you run silly soft tyre pressures though? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blake Posted August 14, 2013 Report Share Posted August 14, 2013 Don't you run silly soft tyre pressures though? Not OVERLY soft, probs around 20psi, I just do loads of gaps and I'm not very smooth at gaps however I do lots of (what I would call) big ones Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onzatpro09 Posted August 14, 2013 Report Share Posted August 14, 2013 Damn it. I snapped my 3rd rear axle in 5 weeks, after only an hour and a half of riding. That must say something about the way I ride... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.KYDD Posted August 14, 2013 Report Share Posted August 14, 2013 Damn it. I snapped my 3rd rear axle in 5 weeks, after only an hour and a half of riding. That must say something about the way I ride... What is wrong with you?! Are you running your wheel squint in the frame or something? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onzatpro09 Posted August 14, 2013 Report Share Posted August 14, 2013 What is wrong with you?! Are you running your wheel squint in the frame or something? No, it is definitely true, the standard and 1st one I had made (aluminium) snapped while hopping up nothing higher than a curb and the second one I had made (titanium) bent while I was doing nothing more than gentle riding. I don't know whether to buy a bunch more axles and just replace broken ones endlessly or a new hub and risk snapping the axles on that. All I want is a functioning bike for tartydays because I missed radfest due to bike trouble. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Rainbird Posted August 14, 2013 Report Share Posted August 14, 2013 Just run a solid steel axle and be done with it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamR28 Posted August 14, 2013 Report Share Posted August 14, 2013 You need to get some bolts that go all the way past the bearing, we see so many axles broken because of this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onzatpro09 Posted August 14, 2013 Report Share Posted August 14, 2013 You need to get some bolts that go all the way past the bearing, we see so many axles broken because of this. My dad is an engineer and that's what he and his mates thought when I asked them to take a look. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bing Posted August 14, 2013 Report Share Posted August 14, 2013 So do it then. Get some longer steel bolts, install with copper grease, making sure they go right past the bearings. Not too much weight penalty, and a load of strength gained 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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