We've all got one. The pile of knackered bits that are a 'bit' broken, or 'slightly' ****ed. I'll leave them in the corner as... You never know.... they might come in useful one day. Though they never actually bloody do
Looked at the discarded pile of worn tyres, ripped seats and warped disc rotors this morning I counted 5 Shimano back mechs 4XT, 1LX. 5. All of a recent vintage. All knackered. This doesn't included the ones I've REALLY knackered - bent in half or in one case snapped clean in two
Whats most represented in your pile of junk then?
Avid Juicy brakes.
XTR rear mech that got mangled on a night ride.
half worn brake pads and yeti swingarms 😯
not true.
they always become useful, the day after you finally bite the bullet and throw them out.
everything ive ever thrown out, ive needed within a week of it going.
FACT
Properly broken bits = deraileurs.
Worn bits = cassettes (hundreds of them)
Hmmmm. No wonder I'm liking my Alfine hub.
Edit: I also have a huge number of rear lights that have broken in one way or another, plus loads of mounting hardware for them which weren't ever used or have been removed and kept 'just in case'.
pedals and headset worn until they die
Mech hangers. They seem to breed in my toolbox.
Rear mechs - I've got 4 snapped or knackered ones, after that mech hangers.
I don't think I've ever broken anything else, apart from chains.
ive a lovely collection of flat pedals - none of them any good, but then i have only ever ridden spds
ive also got two perfectly serviceable XT long cage rear mechs with ninja throwing stars for jockey wheels
part worn brake pads and multi-patched-leaking inner tubes.
The pile of 1.8", skinny-sidewall, fast-rolling tread tyres abandoned in our bike workshop is getting ridiculous... 😆
stevomcd - Me too. I've got a set on the bike now which are about to be thrown in the corner, never to see the light of day again 😀
Rear rims....
Normally cracked 721's
or dented FR600s
Only thing that has slowed it down is mtx 29s!! There bombproof!
tyres and tubes
Ribs
Saddles, don't know why I've got 5 spare, might be useful, worn out, too heavy saddles under the work bench.
Everyone will have tubes that need mending & tyres that aren't quite knackered.
Tyres - gots loads of them - many used only a few times, because I always come back to the same tyre in the end!
rear mechs cassettes chains
how badly do we need sealed gearboxed bikes!
Crank bros pedals
stretched chains
busted mech hangers
tyres. Our back bedroom looks like a rubber fetishist's wet dream come true.
Good though cos I'm building up sufficient to make a gimp suit which will be my wife's christmas present.
i have an abundance of wheels - only cause i keep buying lighter
Tends to just be worn chains and chainrings and BBs for me
MY SS sees all the really shitty weather conditions unless im going into the cairngorms !
not necessarily broken but collecting here:
[b]tyres[/b] just a scary number,seemed important once now ride the same pair what ever, 😯
then [b]rear mechs[/b] half a dozen - might work out how to fix/use the bits one day,
quite a few [b]stems[/b], shorter each year? so lots of longer ones in the box
no chains or cassettes though 😕
I came across 3 XTR cassettes and KMC X9-SL chains in the garage, they're all worn, but I couldn't bear to throw them out at the time, obviously thought I'd use them again, they went in the bin!
rear wheels
A cracked cove hustler frame is hanging fro a nail in the garage wall.
Had it powdercoated, and a week later the top tube/ seat tube weld cracked..
i have found my cassete pile has got smaller since i stopped using 9-sl chains.
while your about njee what rings was it that you had on your xtr cranks?
v-brakes (from yesteryear) and rear mechs
Broken SRAM rear mechs. Brake pads that almost have "just one more ride" left in them.
Tyres. Even treadbare ones with perished looking rubber I still seem to think might be a useful contingency one day. Of course, in reality the contingency would be never ever to ride again rather than use any of them.
And rotors. I've an abundance of stupid annoying expensive rotors that've been wrecked by getting a stick of candyfloss or cotton wool caught in them.
Cassettes with matching chains
and a whole pile of bent seatposts.