what kit have you wrecked on the trail?

3 spokes
1 rear mech
2 hangers
3 chains
1 saddle
1 pair bars
1 helmet
2 tyres
loads of tubes
1 sti road sfifter
1 pair pace forks early ones with carbon wrap legs
1 pair manitou forks, oil everywhere
1 rear end turner xce
1 shock bolt in the middle of shock bushing no idea how though

How the chuff did you manage that?????

During morning practice on race day at a DH race at Gethin (the old faster track if anyone knows it) I hit a compresion flat out on the fastest open section and got bucked into the only two rock slabs by the side of the track (hadn’t ever noticed they were even there before and had walked the track twice), I still did my race run with the bars at a ridiculous angle. both knees still give me a bit jip from that crash.

Sent that stem back to hotlines for warranty – they refused and they never sent it back either 🙁 mighta made a nice wee trophy 😉

jhw – Member
I bet no one’s ever taken out a pedal? That’s got to be hard to do.
Has anyone had their bars fail on them with no warning
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saw a V12 snapped in half about 3 weeks ago (not mine tho)

These are some stories/photos! I honestly thought V12s were nuke proof.

Looks like basically any part of your bike can break, at any time…

Do you think this reality holds back the sport in any way? i.e., do you ever not do a trail on the basis that it’s in the middle of nowhere and if something failed on your bike it would be a bloody long walk (I don’t…).

Pretty mech every component, apart from cranks, rear shock and front hub.
The worst was the shop I was working for at the times demo Specialized epic, although this was viewed as thorough ‘product testing’ by the boss 😀

Busted most things here to at some point.

Highlight is defintely snapping the steerer on my manitou sherman triple crowns. Was very lucky not to skewer myself on the metal spike sticking out of the head tube. Very scary realising the bars are no longer attached to the bike at speed.

Most upsetting was brand new XTR rear mech, first bit of XTR I had owned and on first ride got a twig stuck in it and broke 🙁

Occasionally break or wear out stuff but never so much as in the last 3 months.
1.Circlip of the top of my Pike, losing the top cap.
2.Broken derailleur hanger (fell over on icy tarmac)
3.Seized XT BB.
4.Seized X0 jockey wheels (both)
5.Spokes ripped the X0 mech off the hanger, breaking both sides of the cage & bending the Maxle hanger. Luckily no damage to the wheel.

Compared to you lot though this is all piffling.

These are some stories/photos! I honestly thought V12s were nuke proof.

I had a high-speed head-on crash with a car a few years ago. The pedal (V8) was the point of impact.

The car headlight was completely totalled, the car’s wing was hanging off and the door was bent enough that the driver couldn’t open it. The bike frame was literally smashed to bits (broken in several places including 1 dropout completely separated from the frame). I ended up with a broken back.

The pedal is still doing good service.

I’ve busted;
3 Saracen Kili Flyer frames
Intense Tracer frame
GT Zaskar LE frame
2 One One Inbreds
Giant ATX
Cross frame
Snapped RF Turbine cranks,
a couple of seat posts
3 carbon bars
Split the arch on a pair of RS Judys
Snapped a few spokes
Tacoed a wheel beyond all recognition
Destroyed far too many ISIS drive bottom brackets and snapped the axle of a Shimnao square taper BB.

I have smashed half the pedal bodies off a few V8 pedals and bent the (weak) axles on too many to remember.. I only used to run V8s as I had an account with Upgrade and all spares are available to rebuild them very cheaply. Pedals are disposable parts to me so not worth ever paying more than about £40 for a pair.

do you ever not do a trail on the basis that it’s in the middle of nowhere and if something failed on your bike it would be a bloody long walk

er.. no! You do realise people actually go walking in far more remote places than most sappy bikers would ever ride.
a huge jump, gap or a drop if out riding on your own I could see your point