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Jm_

Jm_

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I have a folder labeled this way on my computer. It's where all my pictures like this go. It's not necessarily something wrong with the industry, heck, it might be something right. I found a picture of me riding these tires right after I got them, ‎Wednesday, ‎February ‎25, ‎2015. Me far-right with blue rims. They are still holding air, but probably a good idea at this point to replace for the season. I put them on the Foes because I had them and they fit...about the widest tire that the bike will fit. I saw this damage last weekend, probably had existed for a while. Tires still holding air just fine, but worried about ripping off a knob obviously. This is not news to me, riding snow tires just on snow or limited pavement causes little wear. I guess 7 years is "ok"?

There was also the shock that blew. Luckily it didn't blow catastrophically, I noticed it was "wet" around the seal before the race and after there was a ml or two sitting on the head and a lot more wetness, rebound kinda-working, compression adjusters not really working.

So what do you got?



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Happymtb.fr

Happymtb.fr

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Do you want things like my 2009 cracked Lapierre frame with the Schwalbe from the same period loosing their nobs? Or more recent stuff?
 
canadmos

canadmos

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I don't have a picture, but years ago I had a wheelset with Sun Ringle MTX 29 rims, which I thought were pretty good for the cost. Washed the bike one evening and then pulled it out of the shed to go riding the next day, but found both rims had cracked and split apart all the way around the rim - from eyelet to eyelet. Never really understood what happened there, perhaps water froze in them?

Not sure how this cassette broke. Didn't actually notice until I was cleaning the bike.


@Jm_ my Maxxis fat bike tires are cracked at the base of the knobs as well, though not as deep as yours. I shall ride them until they fail, because screw paying +$200 for bike tires.
 
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Jm_

Jm_

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canadmos said:
I don't have a picture, but years ago I had a wheelset with Sun Ringle MTX 29 rims, which I thought were pretty good for the cost. Washed the bike one evening and then pulled it out of the shed to go riding the next day, but found both rims had cracked and split apart all the way around the rim - from eyelet to eyelet. Never really understood what happened there, perhaps water froze in them?

Not sure how this cassette broke. Didn't actually notice until I was cleaning the bike.


@Jm_ my Maxxis fat bike tires are cracked at the base of the knobs as well, though not as deep as yours. I shall ride them until they fail, because screw paying +$200 for bike tires.
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I got one like that!, well, not exactly like that, but broken XT 10spd. Broke well within my normal wear-period for one.

7 years ain't bad for $500 of tires, mainly that expensive because tires+studs, but as expensive as studded fat tires are, I can say they are worth every penny, vs. a $500 CF crankset vs an $80 alloy one, they work exactly the same. I'm just blown away that these tires are this old and still going.


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schwaaa31

schwaaa31

Turbo Monkey
Jul 30, 2002
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Is this normal? Not mine, but happened on local trails (Vietnam in Mass)
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. Not a huge drop. Maybe 5-6 feet. Shitty landing, too close IMO. Can be shitty if you overshoot it. I’m guessing that’s what happened.
 
canadmos

canadmos

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There is a video of a guy riding a carbon Intense, where that same thing happens. I remember someone slowing it down; you could see the head tube unzip like a pair jeans, fork ejects itself and then the frame seals right back up. :rofl:

I wonder if google can find it..

Scary....


[Edit] here we go, yikes.
 
jonKranked

jonKranked

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canadmos said:
There is a video of a guy riding a carbon Intense, where that same thing happens. I remember someone slowing it down; you could see the head tube unzip like a pair jeans, fork ejects itself and then the frame seals right back up. :rofl:

I wonder if google can find it..

Scary....


[Edit] here we go, yikes.
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In all fairness, an alloy frame probably wouldn't fare much better casing a jump like that
 
schwaaa31

schwaaa31

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CrabJoe StretchPants said:
Since Seth said 5-6 feet, I doubt it.....what I ate shit on (F1) is a good 35ft, 45ft with a tailwind (in all seriousness....more like 10ft?)


That reminds me, I need to go back and redo that, with less Eggbeaters this time.
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I assumed it was C4. But the picture definitely shows the one on the power lines. So yeah, closer to 10’ probably? Either way, nightmare material to see a head tube snap on something that size. No matter how badly he landed it. I overshot it on an old Yeti SB66 years ago and the frame survived, but I ripped my pedal out of my crank arm. Pulled the threads right out.
 
CrabJoe StretchPants

CrabJoe StretchPants

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Nov 30, 2003
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Definitely not an "acceptable" failure for the kind of bike and kind of drop these days IMO.


Another reason I'm glad I went with the AL Capra, though......just in case.
 
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