What have you broken today?

[DCLane]

Fitted a new chain for the Secteur. Only I mis-counted and it's a link too short

Ah well, I didn't need the lowest gear anyway.

 

[slowmotion]

A lot fewer clay pigeons than I would have liked.

 

[speccy1]

Fitted a new chain for the Secteur. Only I mis-counted and it's a link too short

Ah well, I didn't need the lowest gear anyway.

Haha I did exactly that with my commuting bike, 3000 miles on it`s still fine

 

[Rickshaw Phil]

A crank puller, a Dura Ace shifter and a Deore rear derailleur. All brand new - what a good day of fettling. On top of that I knocked my brother's bike over and have chipped the paint in two places.

To be fair the shifter and derailleur aren't actually broken, just badly scuffed however the crank puller has had it.

 

[cyberknight]

carbon stem aka china bayjobbie let the bars rotate downwards for the second time so i have ordered a deda one as i can be doing with it.The bike is also creaking every pedal stroke enough to be annoying so i guess i need to regrease the BB threads .

 

[Pat "5mph"]

however the crank puller has had it.

Hey!
I broke, well rounded the nut, really, of my first ever crank puller: it was a cheap one from the bay, the LBS laughed, then sold me a proper one with a handle.

 

[Rickshaw Phil]

Hey!
I broke, well rounded the nut, really, of my first ever crank puller: it was a cheap one from the bay, the LBS laughed, then sold me a proper one with a handle.

On current form I'd probably break that too. The crank is well and truly stuck and I've tried heat and a bit of penetrating oil too. I may have to admit defeat and ask one of the local bike shops.

Hope it doesn't mean a new chainset as I hadn't budgeted for that. On the other hand, after the knee problems last year I've been wondering about trying a set of slightly shorter cranks

 

[Pat "5mph"]

On current form I'd probably break that too. The crank is well and truly stuck and I've tried heat and a bit of penetrating oil too. I may have to admit defeat and ask one of the local bike shops.

Hope it doesn't mean a new chainset as I hadn't budgeted for that. On the other hand, after the knee problems last year I've been wondering about trying a set of slightly shorter cranks

Oh, your knockabout bike?

 

[Rickshaw Phil]

Oh, your knockabout bike?

Nope. This was all on my recent purchase:

 

[classic33]

On current form I'd probably break that too. The crank is well and truly stuck and I've tried heat and a bit of penetrating oil too. I may have to admit defeat and ask one of the local bike shops.

Hope it doesn't mean a new chainset as I hadn't budgeted for that. On the other hand, after the knee problems last year I've been wondering about trying a set of slightly shorter cranks

Have you tried diet coke?

 

[DCLane]

Broke one of the healing ribs this afternoon - meaning that I've now got 2 broken ones still; the one today and the break that's just under my shoulder which refuses to join.

I've been referred for x-rays, possible surgery and physio on the damaged hip.

 

[ayceejay]

See, 'broken' is a 21st century social construct or as it is known down here at the Louis Freud centre of ThisnThat a 'prang'. When a 'plane went down due to a prop getting scratched this was known as a prang although not officially broken so if you work back from that i.e a crate goes down somewhere over Blighty because of a prang and there are enough pieces left to fix it it is not broken.

 

[tommaguzzi]

My derailer destroyed it's self yesterday

 

[Rickshaw Phil]

Have you tried diet coke?

No, but worth a go.

 

[Rickshaw Phil]

I crashed my car...

Unfortunately, it's going to be at least £1k to sort out the Pedestrian Protection System, plus another c £500 to sort out the trim.

Time to have a chat with the insurers...

Puts my mishap into perspective.