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@ColinJ - ease off the spinach!
Ha ha.
The seatpost problem was a snapped bolt, which probably
was due to me overtightening it.
Similarly, the stem problem was due to overtightening the faceplate bolts. It was a light alloy stem and one bolt pulled the thread out. (I had a near miss when the bars suddenly rotated through 90 degrees, fortunately just
after a fast descent!)
The broken spokes were because I hadn't spotted that they were damaged. A mate sold me the wheels at a bargain price, having replaced two which were broken in a
rear-mech-in-spokes incident.
The rear mech problem was due to
UNDERtightening the jockey wheel bolts which then fell out on a ride. I spent 20 minutes searching for them but eventually gave up.
The crank breaking was clearly due to the enormous power that my legs were generating, rather than the strain of putting up with the 5-stone-overweight version of me bearing down on it!
