What have you broken on your bike recently?
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Every bar I've ever used has scuffs and scratches like that, and I don't crash very much.
This is why I choose metal.
This is why I choose metal.
I thought their SixC carbon bar was one of the more durable carbon bars?
I'm too friggen careless to run carbon bars, and also 100% know I'd run them damaged longer than I should because they're expensive to replace and I'm a moron.
Knock on wood... I have bent multiple aluminum bars, but no issues with carbon Sixc and Chromag Cutlass 31.8 and 35mm varieties.
I have run sixC for maybe ten years, nary a problem. But I am an old lady that NEVER crashes. 
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lol. mine last years. but i'm a tentative rider who certainly never smashes things or wrecks. also @jackalope that was dirt not a scratch...you can breathe again...
gonna hit some random remote shit on friday. if you don't hear from me again you know why.
I got a SixC bar too, no issues. My general philosophy though is to buy 1 level "higher" than you need, so if it's my XC bike, that's running a Hixon SL 780 bar/stem thing, which is supposedly for at least trail riding, but still lighter than a skinny NextSL+100g stem. Got a few DH bars on other bikes, crabon, but they seem to be holding up well to tagging trees.
klunkin ain‘t easy
Don't have a DH bike...so there.
A 1.5-2" tear from tread to sidewall, went completely through the center of a side knob too.. Maxxis Dissector 29 2.4 exo+ new 60 tpi.
The solution to that is no exo anything on the back...
That's where dd or dh go.....
I feel like a DD would have had a similar fate with the way this thing was cut.
This exo DHRII with a similar sized cut survived for 6months until the tread was bald with two automotive patches inside it holding it together and it still held up tubeless.
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I did the same thing, even put a patch on the outside too! Will use as a backup. I am going to give the Delium Versatile (All-round) a shot.
Thoughts so far?
A little tight to install at first, but I still managed to get them installed on a dh rim with cushcore. Performance wise I have no complaints so far, full disclosure I only have 1 day of dh on them.
What tire have you been rocking before?
Should also add, I feel the dh34s are a bit on the small side, in terms of casing size. I still liked them despite that.
2016 Transition Patrol Carbon seatstay. Noticed a crack on the weekend when I took the wheel off, so emailed them a picture asking if it was superficial. Got a response today saying it looks "more than the paint, don't ride it". Rode it anyways (thinking it was just the paint). Sure enough, I shouldn't have ridden it! Luckily, nothing bad happened to me or any other part of the bike.
Timing sucks as this weekend is my annual fathers day extravaganza at my buddies who has a house at one of our better local riding spots... Fingers crossed I can find a loaner bike.
the crack I saw on the weekend:
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2016 Transition Patrol Carbon seatstay. Noticed a crack on the weekend when I took the wheel off, so emailed them a picture asking if it was superficial. Got a response today saying it looks "more than the paint, don't ride it". Rode it anyways (thinking it was just the paint). Sure enough, I shouldn't have ridden it! Luckily, nothing bad happened to me or any other part of the bike.
Timing sucks as this weekend is my annual fathers day extravaganza at my buddies who has a house at one of our better local riding spots... Fingers crossed I can find a loaner bike.
the crack I saw on the weekend:
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you thought you'd keep riding that eh?Yeah, zig-zag pattern of busted fibers, as they bust, the paint on top of them cracks. Here's my Pivot when I checked it for a known issue with the 429SL:
They ended up replacing the frame with the 429SL V2, which was redesigned in this area.
I have run sixC for maybe ten years, nary a problem. But I am an old lady that NEVER crashes.
Same here, SIXC is one of the tougher carbon bars out there. I've crashed on all mine a few times.
Worth noting they've gotten a little stronger and heavier each version. Never managed to break any, but I do downgrade the old bars to a lighter-duty bike every few seasons to be safe. As with any carbon bar though - no crappy clamps (esp. anything made by sram).
Not mine, but one of the girls at Trans Madeira. Not even her bike - wrecked hers so got a loan bike to finish the race. Crashed and snapped the bar (at the lever clamp originally I think), then rigged up this setup to roll down the last stage and avoid a DNF. Tough cookie.
Not really a reflection on the bar - a lot of shit was getting destroyed. I wrote off/wore out two sets of brake pads, a WTB seat, an X01 mech and chain.
*edit* speaking of which - some poor unlucky bastard put an XX1 AXS mech into an I9 wheel wrecking both until it rotated around and snapped the seatstay on a S-Works Enduro. Oooofft
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Hollow aluminum bolt with paper thin section there on the thread.
Kind of looks like it twisted or something in there?
Pulled the seatstay off today:View attachment 177780
2016 Transition Patrol Carbon seatstay. Noticed a crack on the weekend when I took the wheel off, so emailed them a picture asking if it was superficial. Got a response today saying it looks "more than the paint, don't ride it". Rode it anyways (thinking it was just the paint). Sure enough, I shouldn't have ridden it! Luckily, nothing bad happened to me or any other part of the bike.
Timing sucks as this weekend is my annual fathers day extravaganza at my buddies who has a house at one of our better local riding spots... Fingers crossed I can find a loaner bike.
the crack I saw on the weekend:
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Buddy broke his DT 370 hub yesterday when pedaling in chunk. It now spins freely in both directions.
Norco bike? The Sights have all been doing that. I've replaced my the broken bolts on my friend's bikes with non-hollow bolts for now
yeah…. What sort are you using? These look profiled to act as a cap and seal up a bit. But they are made out of bread…