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Ok, so I recently had a rather strange crash.. my pedal came off whilst I was riding (bit of an issue with the thread, didn't feel it coming loose) then a week or so later, I had a chain break (new, good quality chain, used for a month)..
Both happened as I was starting to power up a hill, both caused me to crash..
my issue now is that I just don't have trust in my bike any more, I seem to be concerned about getting power through the pedals during climbing in case the same happens (both surely freak accidents?)
Anyone else had this sort of issue? if so, how did you overcome it?
i used MTFU
I had a pedal strip of the crank when powering uphill as I was on the downstroke. I was using spds and it is very difficult to unclip an SPD attached to your shoe
Snapped a chain last week and Wrecked a mech in the process and crashed...things happen that are beyond your control nothing you can do about this at all just ride on and hope it never happens again.
MTFU or new bike.
Depends how your wallet is feeling.
like said MTFU or strip and regreese your bike so its silky smooth again
Become religious, then you never have to worry about rational things again.
buy a sram chain
Preventative maintenance. Understanding why/how things work also teaches you why/how things don't work.
SRAM chains are no more/less likely to fail than any other. Shimano/KMC/Connex all produce good chains. I don't like pins from the point of view that they're easy to install poorly; this leading to the chain coming apart. If the chain links actually snapped (laterally), then poor shifting technique is to blame (shifting under load). A snapped chain is always due to user error, in one way or another.
+1 for the Fishy one (3?)
Apart from the bit about SRAM chains. Never broken one in 15 years of road & mtb (ab)use. I've broken a few Shimano's (HG pin dodginess - bad installation I expect - it was 15+ years ago)
Most recently (May 2010) a Connex one (road bike) on which I broke a side plate in half - right in the middle of the plate, nowhere near the pin, oddly enough.
I'm 6"4 & 83kg so hardly lightweight but would consider myself a smooth rider (!) I'd like to say I've never broken a pedal, but I did the day after the aforementioned Connex chain breaking incident!
In reply to Bedds though - crashing, it's part of cycling. You can minimise it by preventative maintenance, becoming more skilled etc, but face it, it'll happen to us all sooner or later when fate deals her (his?) hand.
I crashed a DMR Switchback in 2006, spent the next 4 years wobbling arround on the same bike, bought a 456 a few months back and went from being my usual jibbering wrek to setting targets like "360 a jump by the end of the year".
Sometimes it is all about the bike.
buy a sram chain
Don't!
. A snapped chain is always due to user error, in one way or another.
Don't agree. I never snapped a chain in 15 years of riding and then suddenly I started to snap them all over the place. By an amazing coincidence, that was right about the same time my favoured brand moved its production to a different facility...
I've had a bad SRAM chain. Instead of fitting the 4th power link in as many months, I chucked it. The replacement SRAM has been fine - I'm sure my riding habits haven't changed!
Powering the pedals while shifting and poor chainline management really don't help. Neither do filthy conditions and worn chain ring teeth and dry links.
i snapped a chain on a tandem the other day when i was the only one riding it. i am clearly stronger than two men.
then poor shifting technique is to blame (shifting under load). A snapped chain is always due to user error, in one way or another.
Mine snapped on the flat and I had not changed gear for about 5 mins probably more and was just spinning for last few miles home it split on a pin and the powerlink was intact.
Do agree about shifting under load
Don't pedal so hard. It'll make it easier for the rest of us. I remember when your brake pads fell out, now that was properly funny 🙂
I snapped a crank off a spin bike in the gym...
Push up instead.