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[Mad Doug Biker]

That accident happened to one of the very first cyclists in history, only he wasn't so lucky. He slid so far down his seat tube he needed surgery to remove his bike. That's why forever after, the lower part of the bike is called the bottom bracket.






OK, so you prove it wasnt so.

Look at the top part of my signature!!

Incidentally, with all the surgery I have had of late, I am probably one of the few to whom it wouldn't be much of a problem!

 

[maat1976]

As a noob I can ask a few dumb questions, but how the heck does this happen?


Anyone have any pics? ALthough "get" it, but I'm struggling to imagine what is left and why it happens.

OUCH though.

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

Badly tightened nuts and bolts or over tightened ones putting undue stress on it all. I suppose metal fatigue could also be an issue on a very old and decrepit saddle or on a cheap bike where its components are made of cheese (not litterally) and not up to much.

 

[buggi]

30 yards from arriving at work i went over a speed hump and my saddle tilted backwards. With only a few yards to go I thought about plonking my ass hard down on the front of the saddle to straighten it and then thought better off it. Thank God I did because when I pulled over and inspected it, i found that actually the frame where the seatpost goes in had actually snapped (the way a green twig does). Had I sat on it hard I may have ended up in A&E trying to explain why there was a bicycle frame rammed up my ass

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

30 yards from arriving at work i went over a speed hump and my saddle tilted backwards. With only a few yards to go I thought about plonking my ass hard down on the front of the saddle to straighten it ....... Had I sat on it hard I may have ended up in A&E trying to explain why there was a bicycle frame rammed up my ass

*Greedo mode*

Mmmm, what, did you say something else?? I was so busy trying to picture your arse bobbing up and down on the saddle!

*/Greedo mode*.

Sorry, but when I read that all I could picture was your bum.

 

[Leaway2]

That accident happened to one of the very first cyclists in history, only he wasn't so lucky. He slid so far down his seat tube he needed surgery to remove his bike. That's why forever after, the lower part of the bike is called the bottom bracket.

LMAO. Mmmm Perhaps thats the wrong phrase.