Boring Car Commute

[BSRU]

Just as I started to cycle up Swindon's only hill this morning I heard a strange rubbing sound from the rear of the bike. Got off, after an inspection I realised it was a broken axle, second one this month, although different rear wheel.
That will teach me to buy cheap wheels , no cost saving in the end, will invest in some decent wheels for next winter or maybe, although unlikely, if I can convince my better half to buy some now, false economies etc. etc.
By the time I arrived back home I had no real choice but to use the car , got into work and I feel as though I have missed something really enjoyable this morning. Back on two wheels tomorrow after I have moved the rear tyre on to my other rear wheel, with recent new axle, removing the Marathon Winter, so hopefully no ice until the broken wheel is fixed.

 

[2Loose]

2 broken axles? I thought the shrinking Gaz was the only one to break bits with pure power!

 

[BSRU]

2 broken axles? I thought the shrinking Gaz was the only one to break bits with pure power!

I wish it was pure power but unfortunately not in my case just crappy Quando hubs, never again.

 

[Jezston]

(psst typo in the subject!)

 

[BSRU]

(psst typo in the subject!)

I know but I do not know how to fix it, if that is possible.

 

[ColinJ]

I know but I do not know how to fix it, if that is possible.

Go back and edit the first post. Use the full editor option - that lets you edit the post title. At least it did when I tried it on one of my old threads

 

[BSRU]

Go back and edit the first post. Use the full editor option - that lets you edit the post title. At least it did when I tried it on one of my old threads

Thanks for that, although it appears to have mysteriously changed by itself before I had an opportunity to try it.

 

[BSRU]

I bit the bullet and I have just ordered a set of Mavic A319's with tiagra hubs to be used with my current commuter, it's will become my non-sunny day bike when the works "cycle to work" scheme lets me buy my sunny day bike.

 

[PJ79LIZARD]

How many miles had you done on those quando hubs when the axle snapped?

 

[BSRU]

How many miles had you done on those quando hubs when the axle snapped?

First one lasted about 2500km but I think I damaged it when I hit a huge pot hole at speed and a day or two later it snapped.
The second one broke after just 330km and today's snapped after about 2000km.
The last two seemed to snap after or during a ride up Swindon's only decent climb, when I was out of the saddle giving it some stick.

 

[XmisterIS]

Wow, I've never had an axle snap! I've snapped chains and forks, but never axles. All my bikes have Shimano hubs, I've never had a problem with them - they seem pretty bomb-proof.

 

[Moodyman]

Wow, I've never had an axle snap! I've snapped chains and forks, but never axles. All my bikes have Shimano hubs, I've never had a problem with them - they seem pretty bomb-proof.

Me too. Especially surprised to hear that you snapped two.

I've got a Quando hub on my going-to-the-park-with-the-kids-bike and it's been fine, but as you've guessed, I don't do many miles on it.

 

[BSRU]

I think the Quando hub was fine when I was starting out but now I am quicker/stronger, doing a bit of "sprinting" during my commute and going up a reasonable 1km climb, it was just too much for them.

It just shows you get what you pay for, my wheels where cheaper than the tyres I put on them. I was planning on buying some reasonable wheels anyway this year once spring had arrived, just brought the purchase forward by a month or two.

 

[PJ79LIZARD]

I've got quando hubs on my wheels on my commuting road bike, I've done about 1100 miles, I'm a bit concerned now, I might strip them down and have a look, they need regreasing after the winter anyways.

 

[BSRU]

After a closer inspection I have not actually snapped my axle, is just bent out of shape, no longer straight, I needed a little force to remove the skewer, so definitely not usable, a snapped axle would not have been far away.

Swapped the tyre to another rear wheel with the same hub but with a new axle, only 30km old so should last a while.

It is possible the damage may have been caused by a pothole or worse sunken manhole but I have no recollection of hitting any bad ones hard recently.