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ioscope

Turbo Monkey
Jul 3, 2004
2,002
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Vashon, WA
List your carnage
-bent 3 seats
-pulled spokes out of front wheel
-destroyed a BMX and Full face helmet
-broke a handlebar at the stem (while pulling UP on the bars)
-Bent a handlebar today
-Bent 2 pairs of cranks
-Bent 2 sets of pedals
-Lost half of an SPD pedal- I didn't have any loctite and there was no lockring
-destroyed 2 or 3 rear wheels
-countless tubes
-wore out one chain and drivetrain
-broke a chain
-Bent a link on another chain
-Broke myself a few times, good thing that's cheaper than breaking my bike.
- bent a few spokes
-cracked a lower headset cup
-shot two freewheels on a SS setup
 
J

JRB

Guest
I won't go into little stuff.

cracked dropout on a marathon

broken 240 hub shell (they warranted really fast)

numerous dumb ass over torques. :(

lots of saddles and sidewalls.
 

frznnomad

Turbo Monkey
Jun 20, 2005
2,226
0
a-town biatches
broke about 5 chains, and bent countless links

totled (sorry i cant spell) 2 single track rims

countless bent spokes

2 shifters

3 derrailurs

and thats about it
 

arboc!

Turbo Monkey
Dec 18, 2004
3,288
0
spokane, WA
-numerous rims (mostly bmx rims)
-a saddle
-seat guts
-blown out side wall on a tire
-bent steerer tube
-destroyed head set /\ same time as steerer
 

Changleen

Paranoid Member
Jan 9, 2004
14,335
2,448
Hypernormality
Wayyyy too much stuff to list - Good ones:

2 BMX frames broken (Haro Sport + PK Ripper)
Bent a set of S+M Pitchforks
Snapped a Haro Fusion BMX stem (20 millionth landing over a 6ft pole we used to jump all the time)
Broken XT BB
Broken right hand crank of profile copy steel 3-piece (not at the weld!)
Smashed a high flange front BMX hub from 360° practice (spoke pressure just pulled it apart)
Bent 10mm chromo saddle rails and shattered the top off a generic Haro seatpost. Oww!
Several DX pedals exploded

plus 4 million chains, tyres, deralliers, rim dinks and all that crap. Most of it BMX stuff.
 

mack

Turbo Monkey
Feb 26, 2003
3,674
0
Colorado
Ovalized Heabtube
Broke Rear Swingarm
Broken a mag 30 24 inch in half
Bent a atomlab to hell
Broken a few BB's
Pulled a pedal out of a FSA from urban riding.

And countless chains, tubes and tires.
 

Denny

Chimp
Aug 27, 2002
96
0
Seattle, WA
Broken Frames: J. C. Penney BMX ('88), Cannondale ('93), GT Zaskar ('94), Kona Stinky ('01).

Ovalized Headtubes: Cannondale BMX, Kastan BMX, Schwinn BMX

Destroyed wheels, derailers, seat posts, etc: Too many to count

Broken BB's and/or F'd Up Cranks: 4 on my current ride, too many to count on previous bikes

Stolen: My beloved STA with the sweet stem I made on it :dead:

Bodily Injuries: Broken leg, a good concussion, several dislocated shoulders, and some large hematomas

Friends and memories and thoughts of catching air while I pass the time each day: Countless!
 

Darkreaper

Monkey
Sep 26, 2004
313
0
Away in the head
I broke the cheapy plastic pedals that came as standard within a week, not even going offroad...

B0rked an old vee-brake rim and warped the braking surfaces

The machine-build back wheel pinged spokes like there was no tomorrow

Bent saddle rails and (i think) screwed up the seatpost clamp at the same time.

Broke crappy forks, lost front derailleur to lack of cleaning, broke back derailleur from crashing, a depressingly large number of pinch-flatted tubes, a severely painful shoulder from an endo, ripped up knee from an SPD-induced fall.
 

hooples3

Fuggetaboutit!
Mar 14, 2005
5,245
0
Brooklyn
ioscope said:
List your carnage
-bent 3 seats
-pulled spokes out of front wheel
-destroyed a BMX and Full face helmet
-broke a handlebar at the stem (while pulling UP on the bars)
-Bent a handlebar today
-Bent 2 pairs of cranks
-Bent 2 sets of pedals
-Lost half of an SPD pedal- I didn't have any loctite and there was no lockring
-destroyed 2 or 3 rear wheels
-countless tubes
-wore out one chain and drivetrain
-broke a chain
-Bent a link on another chain
-Broke myself a few times, good thing that's cheaper than breaking my bike.
- bent a few spokes
-cracked a lower headset cup
-shot two freewheels on a SS setup

wow all in one day????
 

jacksonpt

Turbo Monkey
Jul 22, 2002
6,791
59
Vestal, NY
Taco'd 2 wheels
broke derailleur pulley
broke a few chains
bent/broke lots of spokes
broke a seatpost
bent a few der hangers
ripped out a sidewall

probably some other stuff too, but...
 

splat

Nam I am
Lets see .

we'll go with the big stuff since I have been at this soooooo long the list would be a book

5 Helmets
1 Ambulance ride
2 concusions
4 Broken Ribs
Brokne Fat chance Frame
handle bars
lots of Pedals
couple sets of Wheels
an Aluminum Road fork
freehub's , freewheels, spokes , rims , chains , chainrings , bottom brackets, saddles, seatposts


about the only part I can actually think of that has never failed on me is a head set.
 

Fathead

Monkey
May 6, 2003
433
0
SE TX
BMX youth: just rims and hubs.

Teenage years: I ate rear derailleurs like candy.

MTB "adulthood": Pulverized 1 headset, stripped 1 set of cranks. I don't ride enough.

My kids will out do me: The 4yo has been through 2 squeaky horns and 1 helmet already.
 

firetoole

duch bag
Nov 19, 2004
1,910
0
Wooo Tulips!!!!
1 cracked custome dj frame (in the seat tube?????)
3 Hayes rotors hit stuff and bent them
1 GT frame (wife pulled the car in the garage with the bike on it)
2 bent dropouts both were replaceable
1 easton rizer bar (hit a tree and broke one side off)
 

rigidhack

Turbo Monkey
Aug 16, 2004
1,206
1
In a Van(couver) down by the river
Partial List:
BMX: 3 Mongoose frames including a shorn off head tube and a BB shell rippped right out of the frame; 2 other frames (bent top tubes or broken chainstays)
-umpteen million cranksets - all bent to hell (never a set of Profiles though, I could never afford them)
-5 or 6 bars
-4 stems (scary when these break)
-3 forks (lowrider bend)
-cant count the pedals

MTB:
-cranks, cranks, cranks - twisted arms and snapped off spindles (I think I'm on my 4th set)
-2 frames (crmo)
-2 saddles (bent rails)
-2 forks (rigid - I added the lowrider bend)
-3 sets of pedals
-1 rear wheel
-crushed bearings in both front and rear hubs
-bent bar
-3 chainrings (missing teeth or just cheap a** bendy stuff)
-2 collarbones

Given how long I've been riding, the list isn't as bad as it could be. Given the way I ride, the list isnt as long as it should be.
 

narlus

Eastcoast Softcore
Staff member
Nov 7, 2001
24,658
63
behind the viewfinder
it might be easier to list the stuff i haven't broken

- headset
- front hub
- handlebar
- bottom bracket
- cranks (edit - i did strip the pedal threads out off a set of truvativs)
- stem

i am thankful i haven't broken a stem or handlebar. breaking a fork was bad enough on the head/neck.
 

SkaredShtles

Michael Bolton
Sep 21, 2003
65,375
12,529
In a van.... down by the river
Wow. I either don't ride much or I'm not riding hard enough. :think:

Since 1992, I've "broken"............

A brake cable
4-odd spokes
A couple shifter pods

I think that's it.

I guess there are also about 4,379,450 tubes too. Oh, and one blown sidewall.
 

rigidhack

Turbo Monkey
Aug 16, 2004
1,206
1
In a Van(couver) down by the river
narlus said:
i am thankful i haven't broken a stem or handlebar. breaking a fork was bad enough on the head/neck.
Stems are the worst. I have vivid memories of a huge bail after my (old school BMX) stem snapped on landing. The metal snapped in such a way as to create a dagger shaped wedge sticking out of the head tube. Ripped a gash in my t-shirt from the sternum to the belly button area. :eek: :dead: Only a minor scratch on me though.
 

berkshire_rider

Growler
Feb 5, 2003
2,552
10
The Blackstone Valley
So far this year:

I rear WTB wheel 2 broken / 4 bent spokes from 1 stick that jumped in.
1 ripped tire sidewall.
3 tubes on backup bike.
1 crankarm.
Drivetrains on 2 different bikes.
1 helmet.
2 chainrings.
1 camelback bladder.
Derailleur cable.
Broke a Sram powerlink in half while standing up on a climb. :dead:
 

pnj

Turbo Monkey till the fat lady sings
Aug 14, 2002
4,696
40
seattle
there is no way I could remember every part or piece I have broke over the last 25 odd years I've been riding.

pretty much if it's been on my bike, I've broken it at one point in time....
 

El Jefe

Dr. Phil Jefe
Nov 26, 2001
793
0
OC in SoCal
Taco'ed a couple wheels
Broke a Kona Stinky frame
Smashed a few saddles
Snapped the arch on a Zoke QR20
Blew up 5 XC forks in one season (2 Sids and 3 Manitou Mars)
Bent a Holzfeller crank
ahh hell, this could take all day. I've pretty much broken every piece of a bike more than once
 

manhattanprjkt83

Rusty Trombone
Jul 10, 2003
9,644
1,214
Nilbog
stinkyboy said:
Not an easy task. Pix?

no i didnt take any, it wasn’t catastrophic, i did a nice little maneuver in which i went over the bars, and somehow tweaked the drop out, not the deraillure drop out the actual frame dropout, it was bent in drastically. Took it to the shop (where i used to work) and after about 2 hours of bending the frame, dropout, and derailure (sram x.0) with massive amounts of wrenches everything works perfect :thumb:


my back is still killing me from this... :dead:
 

Curb Hucker

I am an idiot
Feb 4, 2004
3,661
0
Sleeping in my Kenworth
2 Gary Fisher Sugar Frames
2 Giant ACs
3 Mavic ex823 rims
1 Mag30
2 Rhinolites
3 Singletracks
2 XT rear Hubs
1 DT FR rear hub
1 Pair of LP DH carbon bars
1 Marzocchi Z3 snapped arch
1 Fox Vanilla RLC snapped dropout
4 Shifter pods
3 Derailleurs
3 Hope levers
2 Hayes levers
1 Hayes lever body
4 Brake Rotors
1 Hope Caliper
1 Hydro Brake Line
1 Pair of Atomlab pedals- platform slid off
1 Pair of Xpedo pedals- platform cracked in half
1 Pair of wellgo pedals- bent spindles and shot bearings
1 pair of truvativ Holzfeller cranks
1 pair of Middleburn Cranks
1 MRP bashring
1 MRP boomerang
3 Truvatuv BBs
2 FSA BBs
2 Shimano BBs
1 XTR cassette
2 Easton Seatposts
5 Seats with bent rails
1 Seat that got the seat body cracked
A couple of tires
Countless tubes
7-10 chains