Snapped spindle

[fossyant]

You mean, my piss poor funding of bicycle industry and dealers?
My drivetrain continued and continues to do the job, despite the broken off teeth. In case ring, the remaining teeth suffice, in case rear cog, the remaining valleys suffice. And bonus: the thickness of the metal is there the max = the thickness of the plate where the teeth were machined out of it to high and narrower.

No your poor maintenance simple. Broken teeth says it. It's your 'teeth' (the dental kind). You can appreciate when no-one on here takes anything you say seriously about your views on quality of bike components (hollowtech) when you are riding round on a bike with serious defects.

 

[classic33]

Here in lies your extensive issues. Piss poor maintenance.

I think the actual problem is no maintenance by the owner. I pity the buyer should he ever sell a bike.

 

[fossyant]

I think the actual problem is no maintenance by the owner. I pity the buyer should he ever sell a bike.

I don't think anyone would buy it. Got to love people who criticise industry standards, when they have a bike that's fit only for the junk yard. I'd take someone a bit more serious if they did tonnes of miles and were replacing parts as they wore out, but 7 years on a chainring with missing teeth is bonkers. And the poster doesn't listen to people who know better (as in everyone on this thread).

 

[Yellow Saddle]

I'd love to see your non-avatar bike.

 

[Ajax Bay]

Just a quack one @silva - could I confirm you've never actually fitted a hollowtech2 BB/chainset?
(The OP 'snapped' the spindle of one of this type.)

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@silva answered thus: "As said earlier . . . :

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Your last sentence then, it wasn't my "opinion", it was my "experience".
The only plus I experienced, also already said here and elsewhere on the forum, from Hollow Technology, was the chainring centering of Hollow Technology version Hollow Technology 2: on the bike used before my avatar bike, and used while the latter was on repair, the tension variation of the chain was near to nil (remember, case singlespeed). But its bearings failed after 5 years, and the Octalink version of Hollow Technology, failed for me due to that loosening crank, . . .

And continued: "It was the bike I used before the avatar bike. I purchased it with a singlespeed drivetrain. But reoccurring annoyant freewheeling in both directions with the freewheel, trying other brands/models (up to triple the price, . . . decided to let it convert to a fixed gear."

Have you ever fitted Hollowtech 2 yourself?

I am pretty convinced that @silva has never actually fitted a Hollowtech 2 bottom bracket and chainset - assed this question ?10 days ago but received flocculent obfuscation (see above). Fortunately for this community, lack of experience has not hampered his generosity of opinion sharing.

 

[Drago]

I am pretty convinced that @silva has never actually fitted a Hollowtech 2 bottom bracket and chainset

Of course he hasn't. They dont make chisels that big!