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Title: Bikefail
Post by: Greenbank on 26 July, 2013, 11:51:22 am: OK, we need photos of your broken bike parts or even whole bikes.

(http://www.greenbank.org/misc/bbfail.jpg)

Raw power!
Title: Re: Bikefail
Post by: Maverick on 26 July, 2013, 12:15:55 pm: VN Yukon frame fail

(http://i703.photobucket.com/albums/ww37/martinbe/IMG_0228_zps7a6643cb.jpg)

(http://i703.photobucket.com/albums/ww37/martinbe/IMG_0230_zps17d9b894.jpg)

(http://i703.photobucket.com/albums/ww37/martinbe/IMG_0226_zps529f65ab.jpg)
Title: Re: Bikefail
Post by: hatler on 26 July, 2013, 12:20:42 pm: Good thread !

If nothing else, it will get everyone scouring their bikes looking for possible causes of catastrophic failure, which has to be good.
Title: Re: Bikefail
Post by: Euan Uzami on 26 July, 2013, 12:34:01 pm: few years ago now, but:

(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3390/3578904597_dc49515943.jpg?v=0)

rear mech snapped in two
Title: Re: Bikefail
Post by: RichForrest on 26 July, 2013, 12:49:46 pm: Old one from a couple of years ago

(http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y291/silverbackcyclist/My%20bike%20damage/DSCF2074.jpg) (http://s7.photobucket.com/user/silverbackcyclist/media/My%20bike%20damage/DSCF2074.jpg.html)

Both sides went

(http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y291/silverbackcyclist/My%20bike%20damage/DSCF2079.jpg) (http://s7.photobucket.com/user/silverbackcyclist/media/My%20bike%20damage/DSCF2079.jpg.html)

Another from a year or so later

(http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y291/silverbackcyclist/p_1316970325.jpg) (http://s7.photobucket.com/user/silverbackcyclist/media/p_1316970325.jpg.html)
Title: Re: Bikefail
Post by: Greenbank on 26 July, 2013, 01:25:39 pm: Oh yes, reminds me, the famous "Condor Crack" caused by too short a shim in the seat tube of some of their frames:

(http://www.greenbank.org/misc/crack_o_doom1.jpg)

The (ex) Condor Tempo (it was stolen before I spoke to Condor about getting a replacement frame. The insurance company paid out for an entire replacement bike.)
Title: Re: Bikefail
Post by: Jurek on 27 July, 2013, 12:40:34 pm: You show me yours and I'll show you mine....
VN Aeolus fail August 2012
Several months of dry weather creaking, and feeling a bit 'spongy' when delivering grunt, led to this.
Eventually replaced under VN's warranty.

(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8286/7752708816_5bf9c32347_o.jpg)
Title: Re: Bikefail
Post by: Jurek on 28 July, 2013, 01:46:42 pm: And lo! Today's picture (and story)
(http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2865/9384751088_0b34e1cc75_o.jpg)

That'll make them sit up and pay attention in Sainsbury's car park.
The original (I suspect) rim on the rear of the Pompino I bought from Thing 1 last year.
I've had 9 months worth of commuting on it, Thing 1 - who knows how many years.....
Trust me when I tell you that it was a loud bang.

Funny thing is, I was thinking that the rims were looking a bit worn, so last Tuesday I ordered a pair of Goldtec Pro track hubs from BETD, and on Friday I went to Brick Lane Bikes and came away with a pair of Velocity Deep V rims.....

Mercifully, as I was laden with toothy comestibles, my speed was akin to walking pace.
Prior to leaving home, I felt the tyres and thought them to be a little soft. I put 7bar into each.
The journey on my way to the emporium includes a descent on which my RPM usually maxes out. As it did today.
I think I can count myself lucky.

Did I mention it was a loud bang?
Title: Re: Bikefail
Post by: Zipperhead on 28 July, 2013, 02:06:04 pm: I spent weeks (possibly months :-[ ) riding around trying to track down the source of a creak on my Pompino. Finally I spotted it....

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-73xawEN79Zg/TZy1nnZ05PI/AAAAAAAAOWY/FHukFb_bcL8/w801-h703-no/D7K_2521.JPG)

It nearly went far enough around to meet itself coming the other way

(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-RG2ljvNP9kE/TZy1pvT2fmI/AAAAAAAAOWk/jJ7vjwFkuHk/w801-h703-no/D7K_2534.JPG)
Title: Re: Bikefail
Post by: Jurek on 28 July, 2013, 02:10:43 pm: Wow
^That's a scrapper.
*Goes off to look closely at his own Pompino*
Title: Re: Bikefail
Post by: MercuryKev on 28 July, 2013, 02:50:46 pm: I wonder what would happen if your chain snapped when powering along at 20mph and then the split link jammed in your rear mech? This maybe:

(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/103439080/340211_10150525938613619_703221900_o.jpg)
Title: Re: Bikefail
Post by: Gus on 28 July, 2013, 04:48:27 pm: Quote from: MercuryKev on 28 July, 2013, 02:50:46 pm
I wonder what would happen if your chain snapped when powering along at 20mph and then the split link jammed in your rear mech? This maybe:

I've tried that too, no pictures though. Did your rear wheel lock up too ?
Title: Re: Bikefail
Post by: Wobbly John on 28 July, 2013, 10:24:48 pm: Another chain ripping the rear mech off at 28mph as I crossed the finish line on a TT a couple of years ago - ruined the frame and rear Kysrium wheel (spokes bent & rim split) as well as the mech. :facepalm:

(http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y252/wobblyjohn/Mechmeh.jpg)

I suspect the bearings popped out of newly fitted jockey wheels, but can't prove it. >:(
Title: Re: Bikefail
Post by: eck on 28 July, 2013, 10:45:08 pm: I had similar a couple of weeks ago, bouncing along a rough road. Mech hanger broken, spokes broken, mech cage bent, gouge in seat stay, chain links bent.
New mech hanger fitted, new spokes fitted and wheel trued thanks to otherdave, awaiting replacement mech from YACFer, fingers crossed for seat stay,new chain fitted.
So, MercuryKev, Gus and Wobbly John, any idea what causes this catastrophe? ???
Title: Re: Bikefail
Post by: Wobbly John on 28 July, 2013, 10:58:33 pm: Quote from: eck on 28 July, 2013, 10:45:08 pm

So, MercuryKev, Gus and Wobbly John, any idea what causes this catastrophe? ???

If you look at the lower jockey wheel (the top one in my photo), the plastic bit has separated from the bearing. I think this is how the chain wrapped round the side of the mech ripping it off.

Note, this was an old Ultegra/600 rear mech where the inner 'cage' does not enclose the jockey wheel on the inside.

I'd only fitted the jockey wheels the previous week. >:(
Title: Re: Bikefail
Post by: MercuryKev on 28 July, 2013, 11:37:33 pm: In my case a chainlink came away at the pin and this link than jammed into the read mech. This then cause the rear mech to be drawn backwards and up into the rear wheel. The result was one totalled rear mech and really bent rear hanger - steel frame so in effect one pretty compromised frame as the hangar was bent and twisted. And yes the rear wheel locked up and I skidded to a halt in front of a bus.
Title: Re: Bikefail
Post by: Rhys W on 28 July, 2013, 11:40:24 pm: I damaged a lovely Pinarello Sestriere a few years ago in a submerged pothole. My friend, who looked after it as I went to hospital told me upon its return, "check your brakes, I think they're rubbing"

(http://homepage.ntlworld.com/rhys.llangefni/lluniau/pinarello2.jpg)

:o
Title: Re: Bikefail
Post by: Andrew Br on 01 August, 2013, 11:53:02 am: Similar to Jurek's fail:-

(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7266/7809125252_0b53aa08a2_z.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/31668252@N05/7809125252/)
12-08-18 Crack O' Doom 1 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/31668252@N05/7809125252/) by Chocolatebike1 (http://www.flickr.com/people/31668252@N05/), on Flickr

I'm still waiting for the replacement ::-)
Title: Re: Bikefail
Post by: Andrew Br on 01 August, 2013, 11:57:02 am: While I'm at it, a Chris King bottom bracket:-

(https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8046/8103286610_7c355e3ace_z.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/31668252@N05/8103286610/)
DSC_0268 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/31668252@N05/8103286610/) by Chocolatebike1 (http://www.flickr.com/people/31668252@N05/), on Flickr

It seized solid at 49.5 miles into a 50 mile ride !
Title: Re: Bikefail
Post by: PaulF on 01 August, 2013, 12:04:34 pm: Quote from: Andrew Br on 01 August, 2013, 11:53:02 am
Similar to Jurek's fail:-

(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7266/7809125252_0b53aa08a2_z.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/31668252@N05/7809125252/)
12-08-18 Crack O' Doom 1 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/31668252@N05/7809125252/) by Chocolatebike1 (http://www.flickr.com/people/31668252@N05/), on Flickr

I'm still waiting for the replacement ::-)

Well as it doesn't look like you'll break it for another 5 years I suggest that you'll have a long wait :)
Title: Re: Bikefail
Post by: benborp on 01 August, 2013, 12:19:49 pm: (http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3708/9415582668_ef11915390_c.jpg)

Apparently the handling had become a touch 'woolly'.
Title: Re: Bikefail
Post by: Wowbagger on 01 August, 2013, 12:55:09 pm: (http://peter.chesspod.com/rohloff/cracks-big.jpg)

Broken Rohloff, 2008.

The most obvious crack is at 12 o'clock, and that lump of flange is ready to part company from the hub, but there were 7 visible cracks when that photo was taken, all emanating from the trailing spokes on the non-drive side. Two others, at 3 o'clock and 4'oclock (ish) are visible in the photo.

We have been operating our current hub quite successfully and without incident for 3 or 4 years now.
Title: Re: Bikefail
Post by: LEE on 01 August, 2013, 01:54:30 pm: (http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u249/freddered/Bike%20Stable/BETBroken2.jpg)

Had a very scary descent in Snowdonia before this happened a few weeks later.
Title: Re: Bikefail
Post by: greenmeansgo on 01 August, 2013, 03:27:52 pm: My first Langster made a strange clicking noise on braking for a while before I figured out where the noise was coming from.

(http://i667.photobucket.com/albums/vv40/notwhatucallanatural/Bike%20stuff/DSC00563.jpg)
Title: Re: Bikefail
Post by: spesh on 01 August, 2013, 04:21:00 pm: Here's another frame crack that hasn't started at, or near, a tube joint:

(http://i1154.photobucket.com/albums/p534/pompeybiker/Bike%20Bits/Subwaycrackedheadtube2.jpg) (http://s1154.photobucket.com/user/pompeybiker/media/Bike%20Bits/Subwaycrackedheadtube2.jpg.html)
Title: Re: Bikefail
Post by: Jurek on 10 August, 2013, 08:48:28 am: So, if anyone's interested in how thin the braking surface on a rim needs to be before it'll yield to 7bar and this (https://yacf.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=74335.msg1531328#msg1531328) happens.....
It's somewhere between 0.67 and 0.81 of a mm.
That's the readings I'm getting at the point where the rim separates into two
(http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3731/9478181216_51525194bb_o.jpg)
Title: Re: Bikefail
Post by: gene hunt on 10 August, 2013, 09:54:55 pm: Mavic Aksium rear wheel, they were 4 years old but only did around 150 miles from new, set off on a ride and it just gave up, lucky I was not too far from home and was able to walk back.

The new wheels have a lot more metal around the spokes so I suspect they had a few failures.

(http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p51/jmfangio5/misc231212008.jpg)
Title: Re: Bikefail
Post by: iddu on 02 December, 2013, 10:46:20 pm: (http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r200/iddu/20131026-Misc/20131202-Ti-crack_zps496d5a80.jpg) (http://s144.photobucket.com/user/iddu/media/20131026-Misc/20131202-Ti-crack_zps496d5a80.jpg.html)

Bah. That is the reweld. :(
Ah well, early crimbo prezzie to me... :)
Title: Re: Bikefail
Post by: clarion on 03 December, 2013, 08:56:07 pm: Ungood, but I'm glad you have A Plan.
Title: Re: Bikefail
Post by: iddu on 03 December, 2013, 09:15:27 pm: Well, the bodge-it solution would be to wrap it warmly for the winter in carbon tow ;D
Title: Re: Bikefail
Post by: Blodwyn Pig on 08 December, 2013, 05:18:49 pm: (http://i884.photobucket.com/albums/ac41/yostumpy/100e1149_zpsc8349e4d.jpg) (http://s884.photobucket.com/user/yostumpy/media/100e1149_zpsc8349e4d.jpg.html)

(http://i884.photobucket.com/albums/ac41/yostumpy/100_1151_zpsa85f2310.jpg) (http://s884.photobucket.com/user/yostumpy/media/100_1151_zpsa85f2310.jpg.html)

now considerably longer. I drilled a small hole at each end of the crack, but the crack went under the holes and carried on. Only one more month to go. N-1+1=N hits the road 1st Jan
Title: Re: Bikefail
Post by: Jurek on 10 December, 2013, 08:38:31 pm: Quote from: iddu on 02 December, 2013, 10:46:20 pm
(http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r200/iddu/20131026-Misc/20131202-Ti-crack_zps496d5a80.jpg) (http://s144.photobucket.com/user/iddu/media/20131026-Misc/20131202-Ti-crack_zps496d5a80.jpg.html)

Bah. That is the reweld. :(
Ah well, early crimbo prezzie to me... :)
Is that Ti? or Ally?
Title: Re: Bikefail
Post by: iddu on 11 December, 2013, 04:49:43 pm: ^^^
Ti. It's had a charmed life - one could clicky (http://forums.bicycletutor.com/thread-5204.html), but it's time to move on.
Title: Re: Bikefail
Post by: rogerzilla on 11 December, 2013, 05:50:21 pm: (http://www.peeble.com/goldtec.jpg)

Goldtec track hub after 3 winters.
Title: Re: Bikefail
Post by: Andrij on 12 December, 2013, 01:41:07 am: That can't be yours - its dirty!
Title: Re: Bikefail
Post by: Juan Martín on 12 December, 2013, 01:19:57 pm: No picture I’m afraid but I saw someone trudging disconsolately up Cheapside this morning, pushing bike with one hand and carrying in the other the chainset complete with bottom bracket and shell which had parted company with the frame tubes at the welds.
Title: Re: Bikefail
Post by: Torslanda on 12 December, 2013, 10:43:27 pm: Tuesday afternoon and a bloke brings in a GT Chucker. Apparently I've told his lad that I'll replace the BB for 25 quid.

He also brought the remains of the chainset - which looked like it had been used as a prop in the 'Anvil Chorus'. The square taper more, sort of, wasn't. Square or tapered. Mullered is probably the best description. 'Someone' had tried to remove the BB with a chisel and succeeded in snapping half of the driveside cup off so fitting a splined tool had become impossible. They had also managed to chew up the frame which, being alloy, couldn't be heated to assist in the BB removal.

Honestly, it's the first time I have looked someone straight in the eye and refused to work on their bike. Not even the wheels were salvageable.
Title: Re: Bikefail
Post by: clarion on 13 December, 2013, 09:07:51 am: Quitter! ;D
Title: Re: Bikefail
Post by: T42 on 19 February, 2014, 01:49:36 pm: (http://www.pbase.com/johnewing/image/154546483.jpg)

Ambrosio Balance after 10 years in storage.

Balancer in French means "throw away".
Title: Re: Bikefail
Post by: clarion on 19 February, 2014, 02:08:36 pm: ooof!
Title: Re: Bikefail
Post by: TheLurker on 19 February, 2014, 09:23:47 pm: From January '07.

[img height=480 width=640]http://www.flickr.com/photos/41392773@N02/12661289484/[/img]

In addition to the buggered forks the head tube is out of line as well.

Image link fail. If you can be arsed try, http://www.flickr.com/photos/41392773@N02/12661289484/
Title: Re: Bikefail
Post by: T42 on 20 February, 2014, 07:37:01 am: Anyone got a pic of Boris's charger?
Title: Re: Bikefail
Post by: sg37409 on 13 May, 2015, 11:23:03 pm: Cleaning it the other day, I noticed the mudguard bridge looked a bit rusty below the paint. It was not exactly smooth prior to getting the re-spray.
I prodded it lightly with a screwdriver and it just collapsed. The rot looks confined to this bridge. What to do ? (I had noticed the handling wasnt exactly secure on fast bumpy downhills any more, perhaps co-incidence)

(https://c2.staticflickr.com/6/5466/17614883641_be99b0b410_z.jpg)
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/6/5448/17588531166_93ce59b03b_z.jpg)
Title: Re: Bikefail
Post by: Torslanda on 14 May, 2015, 09:40:52 am: I'm willing to bet that the tinworm is eating the insides of the chainstays too.
Title: Re: Bikefail
Post by: sg37409 on 14 May, 2015, 11:16:49 am: Yes, it is.
What would McNasty do ?
Title: Re: Bikefail
Post by: Torslanda on 14 May, 2015, 09:00:56 pm: If it's rare & exotic then it may be worth visiting [insert framebuilder of choice] for a renovation, if it's a common or garden ~~gate~~ steel frame then look for a replacement a powder coater anna can of waxoyl.

Our very own Bicycle Repair Man would be the man to consult . . .
Title: Re: Bikefail
Post by: sg37409 on 06 December, 2015, 07:46:40 pm: My other thorn, 2001 XTC and a lovely ride is now dying with terminal rust too. It has 3 small rust holes in the downtube just above the f.mech.
Not too bothered, but definitely thorn were the lancia of bicycles around late 90's early 20's.

(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/645/23459061472_76811ced10_k.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/BJZPF7)Thorn XTC rust holes (https://flic.kr/p/BJZPF7) by sg310 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/24775321@N02/), on Flickr

Quote from: sg37409 on 13 May, 2015, 11:23:03 pm
Cleaning it the other day, I noticed the mudguard bridge looked a bit rusty below the paint. It was not exactly smooth prior to getting the re-spray.
I prodded it lightly with a screwdriver and it just collapsed. The rot looks confined to this bridge. What to do ? (I had noticed the handling wasnt exactly secure on fast bumpy downhills any more, perhaps co-incidence)

(https://c2.staticflickr.com/6/5466/17614883641_be99b0b410_z.jpg)
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/6/5448/17588531166_93ce59b03b_z.jpg)
Title: Re: Bikefail
Post by: drossall on 06 December, 2015, 09:04:49 pm: Not strictly a fail, but my worst ever puncture:

(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/21716908/puncture_small.jpg)
Title: Re: Bikefail
Post by: The French Tandem on 18 October, 2016, 01:01:00 pm: A Shimano HF08 tandem hub:

(http://i1288.photobucket.com/albums/b482/ratle/P1040704_zpskrjqd1ne.jpg)

The nice and fortunate thing is that you can ride for quite a long way with a hub in this condition.