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Has anyone ever started one on here?
I laughed my socks of watching the video of the bloke who got his bike stuck on an electric fence on that social media site FB!!!
Which got me thinking about some of the amusing events in my cycling history, most of which involved me or my mates wrecking parts on bikes!
I'm pretty sure I've broken or forced into early retirement nearly every component on a bike in some way shape or form over the years and I can't be the only one, plus it might be fun to share amusing anecdotes with fellow Retrobikers.
I know the old quote 'strong, lightweight and inexpensive pick any 2' and have always followed this mantra, I'm not talking crap parts here I'm talking decent stuff from respected manufacturers.
I used to race XC in the Sport category in the late 90's, I don't do stupid stuff on BMX tracks - I just like to ride hard and fast and trust the parts on my bike are going to do what I expect from them.
I'm 6'3" and 14 stone so I'm no midget and I like to get the best out of my equipment, if something is designed it should be designed properly and built to last.
Here are a couple of examples:
snapped a USE straight handlebar pushing down on it testing some rockshox quadra 10 travel whilst not moving
rode some White Brothers SC90 forks in the rain
snapped the air valve on some Marzocchi Z2 X Fly's
I laughed my socks of watching the video of the bloke who got his bike stuck on an electric fence on that social media site FB!!!
Which got me thinking about some of the amusing events in my cycling history, most of which involved me or my mates wrecking parts on bikes!
I'm pretty sure I've broken or forced into early retirement nearly every component on a bike in some way shape or form over the years and I can't be the only one, plus it might be fun to share amusing anecdotes with fellow Retrobikers.
I know the old quote 'strong, lightweight and inexpensive pick any 2' and have always followed this mantra, I'm not talking crap parts here I'm talking decent stuff from respected manufacturers.
I used to race XC in the Sport category in the late 90's, I don't do stupid stuff on BMX tracks - I just like to ride hard and fast and trust the parts on my bike are going to do what I expect from them.
I'm 6'3" and 14 stone so I'm no midget and I like to get the best out of my equipment, if something is designed it should be designed properly and built to last.
Here are a couple of examples:
snapped a USE straight handlebar pushing down on it testing some rockshox quadra 10 travel whilst not moving
rode some White Brothers SC90 forks in the rain
snapped the air valve on some Marzocchi Z2 X Fly's