Frenchman Posted April 29, 2005 Report Share Posted April 29, 2005 Slightly miffed at the moment. Just popped a new front tyre on my bike and went for a little play in the street. Nothing serious just checking if everything was in order. Went to hop to a curb and my bike flew from under me leaving me on my backside slightly dazed with my bars in my hands my bike 6ft away :blink: Turns out my steerer tube snapped just below the stem whilst snapping my hope hose and ripping out my maggy hose. As usual it couldn't have been worse timing as round one of the south west comp is on monday!! So its a set of stupidly heavy t-pro forks, an old maggy on single wall koxx rim!! Not good... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Nick Riviera Posted April 29, 2005 Report Share Posted April 29, 2005 * insert pwned picture here* unlucky mate , but bits break . nothing you can really do to stop that , good job youve got a spare pair though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trials mama Posted April 29, 2005 Report Share Posted April 29, 2005 feck, nice 1 dude, i still cant work out how they managed to go, ;) tis a beauty though, gd luck for the comp, ride with hopes adn dreams deadwards :blink: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobnobs Posted April 29, 2005 Report Share Posted April 29, 2005 Reminds me of mine..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Si-man Posted April 29, 2005 Report Share Posted April 29, 2005 My mate (cultiv8ed matt)'s steerer tube went there trying to do a rolling gap in morecambe to a rock. Seems like echos like to go there for some reason. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frenchman Posted April 29, 2005 Author Report Share Posted April 29, 2005 Reminds me of mine..... ← Ohh nice :blink: I still dont know why they went there.. Am thinking it was because i ran 2 stem stackers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScotchDave Posted April 29, 2005 Report Share Posted April 29, 2005 Do they have butting that ends there? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark W Posted April 29, 2005 Report Share Posted April 29, 2005 Every pair of forks I've snapped has gone there, it's a bit arse, really... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobnobs Posted April 29, 2005 Report Share Posted April 29, 2005 I was running four stackers. Im worried for my new pair.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark W Posted April 29, 2005 Report Share Posted April 29, 2005 If it makes you feel any better, mine snapped when I had none, one, and two spacers. This isn't on Echo Teams by the way... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will Arnold Posted April 29, 2005 Report Share Posted April 29, 2005 thats why i run a headlock :blink: so when they do snap you dont rip your hoses out ;) Will Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Endohopper Posted April 30, 2005 Report Share Posted April 30, 2005 You've got me worried now . What's the relationship between running spacers and fork snappage ? Kinda worried because I run 4 spacers , and as my user name suggests , I'm rather fond of endo - hopping . I'm hoping that using a Headlock might at least save my cabling , as suggested above in case of catastrophic fork failure . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DangerousDave Posted April 30, 2005 Report Share Posted April 30, 2005 snapping echo team forks eh...doesn't inspire confidence while riding my echo team with echo team forks lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PythonRider Posted April 30, 2005 Report Share Posted April 30, 2005 My Teams are making dodgy creaking noises. Im running no spacers....May go check now :blink: Tom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex.loves.boys Posted April 30, 2005 Report Share Posted April 30, 2005 so you would like my forks then? looks bad dude. cya on monday (maybe) alex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dai the Socket Posted April 30, 2005 Report Share Posted April 30, 2005 Haha, Oh dear! My Echo's creak! >_< Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob_P Posted April 30, 2005 Report Share Posted April 30, 2005 OOOO dear u french willy! That is very bad timing, just your luck ey! At least you can still ride the comp! >_< Rob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janson Posted May 1, 2005 Report Share Posted May 1, 2005 http://eengoedidee.nl/videoz/download.cgi?...4dTM228AAHFjP9c Wonder when mine will go... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tartridge Posted May 1, 2005 Report Share Posted May 1, 2005 http://eengoedidee.nl/videoz/download.cgi?...4dTM228AAHFjP9c Wonder when mine will go... ← Not seen it, but try dropping a bit of lube down between the steerer and crown (have to take the headset crown race off first) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janson Posted May 1, 2005 Report Share Posted May 1, 2005 I have. The lubage worked for about 3 hours. I'm gonna try a few different ones though, as I'm pretty sure forks sounding like that won't pass inspection at comps! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Drewery Posted May 1, 2005 Report Share Posted May 1, 2005 That would piss me off mightily. What a strange place to break, there is a serious manufacturing or design defect if they always break there. You are kind of lucky though because if they didnt snap then they could have snapped during a section at the comp :S Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RicH_87 Posted May 1, 2005 Report Share Posted May 1, 2005 Went to hop to a curb and my bike flew from under me leaving me on my backside slightly dazed with my bars in my hands my bike 6ft away :S ← LOL!^ unlucky mate, good luck with the bodged effort at the comp. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thornabytrials.co.uk Posted May 1, 2005 Report Share Posted May 1, 2005 hmm, this is putting me off buying some echo forks for my mod Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawnmowerman Posted May 1, 2005 Report Share Posted May 1, 2005 It's putting me off aswell :lol:" Maybe I should wait for the new ones :S Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thornabytrials.co.uk Posted May 1, 2005 Report Share Posted May 1, 2005 It's putting me off aswell :lol:" Maybe I should wait for the new ones :S ← i was wanting to order mine soon :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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