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In 8 seasons of Alpine guiding, I've broken:
1 frame
1 fork
2 swingarms
2 rims
2 hoses (1 brake, 1 reverb)
1 rear mech (worn out a few more)
1 mech hanger
3 freehubs
1 shifter
Maybe half-a-dozen spokes
Can't think of much else that isn't more-or-less consumable.
A few chains, a brake lever, a couple of mechs, a couple of sets of cranks (worn them out). Not a lot really.
Kona Unit frame (crumpled down tube)
Kona Explosif scandium frame (cracked around top tube/seat tube junction)
Rocky Mountain ETS70 frame (cracked seat tube)
Snapped (aluminium) handlebars
Seized rear hub after worn out cartridge bearing fell apart
Snapped v brake lever
Cracked cassette body on Hope Ti-glide hub
Bent seatpost
Not counting all the worn out bearings, rims etc.
Not too many things for about 16 years of serious riding.
Over the past 20 years or 1 frame, 4 forks (2 sets of rigid), 1 hope xc front hub, 1 hope xc rear hub, 4 sets of cranks, numerous pedals, 3 rear mechs.
Not too bad since I used to do a lot of dirt jumping and downhill.
EDIT I forgot a set of brakes
GT Zaskar LE Frame - Snapped at the head tube had been ridden/jumped to death
Spooky Metalhead Frame - snapped at the head tube - hit the back of a parked car
Sun Mammoth Rim - Dirt Jumping
Proshift Rear Mech - Jumping up a ledge
4 Pairs of Pace RC30 Trials Forks, well not broken, but the crown ovalised were the legs screwed in, i think they were just a bad design
cannot think of anything else I've broken (apart from my Leg in May) and they were all 10-15 years ago
bent a mech hanger at the Mega, but they are meant to bend, bushings are bearings don't count surely
never bust a mech with general riding, nor snapped a spoke, don't really buy junk so maybe something to do with that?
dirtyrider - Memberbushings are bearings don't count surely
Suppose it depends. I wore out a deore BB in 6 hours. Well, probably about 4 hours but I managed to get it to last to the end of the day.