Snapped a 9 month old commuter frame at the seat/top tube, company wouldn't warranty as I 'had too much seatpost showing'. Grrrr…

Car hit me and dented my lovely 2002 Explosif 🙁

I know not a failure but still a sad pic.

badly (more than 30 degrees) bent countless cheapy seatposts
badly bent Ti handlebar
bent several good seatposts eg Thomson (just a couple of degrees)
Snapped seat tube on GT alu road bike
Snapped rear dropout on steel Kona
cracked/snapped Cinelli Integralter one piece road bar/stem (luckily just as I was stopping)
Snapped crank on road bike (the day after racing a crit… eek!)
Cracked XT chainset
Snapped dropout on alu road frame
Snapped Race face Turbine crank
Snapped Race face Turbine crank again!
cracked Scott G-Zero mtb frame
Snapped Rocky Mountain element at rear dropout
Bought dodgy Giant NRS on here which was already cracked… GRRRR…

i've snapped 3 transition presons, bent (*fairly* seriously) a specialised p3, and bent a raleigh max (woo)

yeah, alu's not ftw

neither's steel IME…

nor Ti

nor Carbon

In fact, anyone who seriously thinks that one material is perfect and never breaks/fails/etc is an idiot.

snapped two USE alien seatposts, I declined the warranty offer of a third one.

You realise you guys are basically ruining your chances of selling anything on the classifieds again? "One seatpost for sale, NB I do have form in bending seatposts beyond 30deg" 😉

I've snapped the cranks of the bike machines at my local gym three times.

Or alternatively, "one seatpost for sale that I haven't managed to bend so it must be pretty awesome…"