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  • Have You Broken Many Bike Parts?
  • philwarren11
    Free Member

    Someone make me feel better as I feel like i’m breaking things constantly.

    I’ve only been riding 3.5 years and in them time i’ve managed to bust a few things.

    Snapped chain stay on my Voodoo hardtail within six months.
    Snapped chainstay on 2013 Specialized Stumpy Evo then cracked the seat stay.
    3 dead zee mechs and one SLX mech in 2 years, 3 bent bodies and one snapped pivot pin
    1 broke clutch on Sram X7 mech.
    Handful of snapped chains and one broken single ring
    Snapped Rockshox 142 Maxle clean across the threads.
    Split a piston on a Zee rear brake
    Killed countless PF30 BB’s on my Stumpy.
    Broke 2 chain devices, both MRP rubbish.
    Killed a set of Spesh roval wheels within a year
    Loads of bearings and pawl sets on my Pro2 Evos hubs for some reason.
    Snapped lever on zee front brake.
    Loads of spokes and nipples.

    There’s probably more I cant remember too. It probably doesn’t help living in South Wales, being 16 stone and riding pretty hard. lol.

    Anyone else kill things regular? Just make me feel better! lol.

    Pook
    Full Member

    Yeah I break things.

    My frame this weekend for example. Gutted

    tomhoward
    Full Member

    Been riding 18ish years and if I’m brutally honest, while touching wood, I genuinely can’t remember breaking much beyond repair, apart from when I’ve fitted the wrong thing or been a bit hamfisted in the fitting process.

    A cooked rear disk (according to the lbs, I’m not so sure)
    A bent rear mech cage (replaced by lbs, reckon it could have been fixed)
    Snapped 1 chain (using 9 speed on 7 speed rings)
    Steerer snapping at the crown (cheap RSTs, 15 years ago…)

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    thekettle
    Free Member

    2013 was my ‘best’ year for breakages (not including bearings/bushings):
    5 mechs (X0, XT, 3x Zee) including one lasting half a ride
    13 torn tires, none lasted more than a month (best was 2 in one ride).

    I’m 9 stone, my 13 stone mate got through several wheelsets, 2 frames and almost double the number of tires.
    I haven’t raced much since 😥

    matt_outandabout
    Full Member

    Op – where and what are you riding?

    I’m a big lad, but more often than not wear stuff out. In 20 years of biking I have chewed maybe three mechs, a rear wheel and a couple of seatposts. I should add a dodgy designed Orange ST4, multiple times, but that was a known duff chainstay issue.

    breadcrumb
    Full Member

    In over 20 years not much really.

    One frame.
    Bent a couple of mechs but straightened them back up.
    Gashed one tyre.
    Broke a spoke or two.

    Went through a spate of knackering square taper BBs back in the day somehow?

    mattyfez
    Full Member

    I’ve worn stuff out but never had a failure as such, I did rip a tyre once, it still held pressure but I renewed it as I wasn’t confident with it any more.

    I’m 15 stone, and not very skilled.. Maybe you need to work on your technique?

    munkyboy
    Free Member

    Spokes, wheels, mechs/hangers, pedals, myself. Standard

    cookeaa
    Full Member

    Pinged some spokes, bent a couple of mechs, snapped a couple of chains bent one fork, dented a couple of frames, but not Damaged beyond use in about 25 years of MTBing…

    Dare I say it OP you sound like you might need to learn a little more finesse, snapped chainstays, axle, mullered mechs and a cracked brake piston (?) suggest you are a bit “point and plough” than a line picker…

    IMO, YMMV, etc, etc….

    mcnultycop
    Full Member

    Last 12 months

    A seat stay
    Two freehubs
    A dropper post
    My elbow

    Not bad all in.

    mcnultycop
    Full Member

    Oh and a mech hanger.

    cloudnine
    Free Member

    Had a puncture once..

    mikewsmith
    Free Member

    Spesh rovals to be expected, Spesh chain stays? Famous for it.
    Pf30 yep easy
    Proii bearings not as common
    Mech? Sometimes down to luck otherwise technique.

    therag
    Free Member

    2 mechs
    1 chain
    1 xt brake lever
    Too many tubless Tyres
    1 set of pikes
    1 rim
    Spokes
    Bearings

    scaled
    Free Member

    My toothbrushes tend to last longer than my rear wheels

    Frankenstein
    Free Member

    XT rear mech and Stiffee hanger but at least my frame was ok.
    Hit a rock at Afan ’03.

    Broke a syncros stem and s magic rim on a Zaskar ’01.

    Broken 4 helmets from head plants… My kids will be born dizzy.

    philwarren11
    Free Member

    Im riding everything in South Wales as live mid way between Afan and BPW. Ride places like machen, wyllie, castle coch/garth etc.. as well as the usual trail centres when the weather is bad.

    I ride a large 2014 26″ Orange Alpine

    ti_pin_man
    Free Member

    never as much as I’d have thought. When I was racing I often broke drivetrain parts but moved up to XT and that lessened. In fact I broke so many LX mechs one year it really did make me buy more expensive gear, buy cheap buy twice(or more).

    fasthaggis
    Full Member

    Have You Broken Many Bike Parts?

    Nope,I ride light and don’t smash in to too many things.
    A couple of rear mechs(branches),a stem,the odd spoke,two frames (one was old age,the other stupidity ).
    That’s about it.

    P-Jay
    Free Member

    I used to break stuff all the time when I was new to it, but then stuff wasn’t so tough back then and I was riding cheaper bikes than now.

    I’m slowly replacing the spokes on my back wheel as they snap 1 or 2 at a time every few weeks, given the current rate that my LBS charges to replace a spoke and retrue a wheel it’s going to cost me £432 to replace all the spokes over the next 18 months.

    I destroyed 4 fancy and bloody expensive X9 derailleurs in 3 days in the Alps once before I noticed the bike shop had fitted another punters chain after the first one broke so every time I went full travel the chain would snap them.

    Cracked a chainstay on my Enduro, blew up a DHX air shock, cracked the lowers on a set of 36s – same bike, common faults.

    Destroyed approximately 734 ISIS BBs – a good fortnights worth, they were terrible.

    rocketman
    Free Member

    Very rarely break anything

    Last mechanical was a loose cable ferrule

    stevied
    Free Member

    Bent the forks on my Raleigh Avanti back in 1990(?)

    chakaping
    Free Member

    Just the odd rear mech or gear cable really. Don’t think I’ve ever put a wheel beyond use even.

    I wonder if there’s any correlation between riders who started out on a fully rigid MTB and not breaking stuff?

    scandal42
    Free Member

    I am fork murderer

    nedrapier
    Full Member

    Not really. In 20 years: 2 cranks, 1 rear rim split through the spoke holes on the outer wall, 1 ovalised headtube (repaired, still riding that one).

    Struggling to think of anything else. Couple of spokes… I really think that’s it.

    jonjones262
    Free Member

    I went to cross a road in Betws years ago. I pushed off and suddenly one foot slpped to the floor, thought I’d missed my spd.

    Nope I’d snapped my crank!

    jimdubleyou
    Full Member

    I tend to wear stuff out rather than break it – the worst I’ve done it snapped a couple of chains.

    I broke the carbon forks and tacoed the front wheel on my commuter, but that was probably the Golf hitting it rather than me breaking it.

    jacksprogis
    Free Member

    This year

    YT Tues CF Comp frame
    Boxxer Teams
    Made a set of pikes not work
    4 Chains
    Two XTR Brakes
    One pair of Stans Flow ex’s
    3 Reverbs
    a Pair of XT brakes
    One set of mallet bearings
    Many many chainrings and a cassette
    One XTR Shifter
    Destroyed a Monarch Debonair internally
    Endless gearcables
    Buckled one Highroller 2
    Bent a high end spesh seat
    Broke an Enve

    All XTR M9000 By the way

    I ride hard and regularly.

    And also break most of the items I run in some fashion

    kerley
    Free Member

    I ride hard and regularly.

    And I ride soft and regularly and haven’t broken anything in at least 10 years and would be amazed if I did.

    DaveRambo
    Full Member

    I’ve only broken 2 sets of XTR SPD’s as far as I can recall.

    Probably the only parts I bought due to them being fit and forget.

    Typical.

    GregMay
    Free Member

    Don’t tend to break things, more wear them out beyond repair.

    Except for frames and tyres. I’ve done two frames in the last year, and probably 6 tyres from various brands. Such is life.

    cheers_drive
    Full Member

    Scott Genius chain stay (causing a cracked rib for me)
    Commencal Meta frame
    Lapierre Zesty 2x chain stays, 1 x frame
    A few chains
    Spokes
    1 rear mech

    Bustaspoke
    Free Member

    Put a dent in the downtube on my 05 Enduro at Morzine one time,managed to bend a mech hanger on my old Giant NRS,minor tears in the sidewall on a couple of tyres. I’ve worn out plenty of stuff over the years though…

    RoterStern
    Free Member

    I can’t think of a bike part I haven’t broken! 😕

    Spesh rovals to be expected

    I was as much as called an idiot on here 6-7 years ago, when I stated that they weren’t up to the job

    tomhoward
    Full Member

    I ride hard and regularly.

    Then wash your bike with a sledgehammer?

    jacksprogis
    Free Member

    Ha, nope. Always looked after with no expense spared.

    Whistler and basque country had a lot to do with the above as did some crashes.

    jacksprogis
    Free Member

    Oh yeah, forgot 6 shock bushings across 2 bikes.

    lovewookie
    Full Member

    I don’t break many things, thankfully.

    USE carbon post.
    cheap alloy post bent (it was cheap)
    Cannondale F3000 frame (wore through the chainstay with my heel)
    XT cranks (again, wore through with heel)
    XT rear hub, bearings goosed after a couple of months
    Rear wheels…
    then there was BB’s
    Stronglight Axis ti, axle snapped
    stronglight cartridge type, sheared driveside cup
    Stronglight Axis steel, bearing siezed and wore through axle.
    Royce Ti, axle snapped.

    Bottom race of headsets always die prematurely.

    Nike Poobah shoes, snapped sole, on all of the replacements too.

    I’m actually fairly easy on components

    willard
    Full Member

    Leaving aside consumables like bottom brackets and brake pads, I’ve killed a Deore hydraulic disk lever and bent a set of bars following one crash and knackered a set of Marzocchi forks in another.

    Spokes don’t count.

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