Right,
Good point John, I had forgotten about that.
I looked up the original thread. I said then:
Thats a nasty thing to have happen. This:
"""1. Rake added to decrease trail """
might be unrelated to your failure, but sure voids the crap out of
most warantees.
I think most likely it was a
> On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 1:12 PM, Joe Szokoli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Can you show me something like this in steel??
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> >http://www.cyclingnews.com/newsphotos.php?id=/photos/2008/news/nov08/...
On Nov 24, 4:05 pm, "tarik saleh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Sure,
>
> http://greenblatt.sm
I was "Just Riding Along" when...
On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 11:42 PM, rob markwardt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:
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> What's JRA?
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> Rob "I broke a spoke once" Markwardt
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> >
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On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 6:13 PM, Steven Sweedler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Tarik and all, I will stick my neck out and say steel is the most readily
> repaired material common in bicycles.
I don't think that was under discussion. It is a very easy repair.
Tarik
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Tarik and all, I will stick my neck out and say steel is the most readily
repaired material common in bicycles. I had the same break as being
discussed and had it repaired within an hour in very rural southwestern New
Hampshire, on a Sunday morning no less. That was seven years ago and I rode
that
Doug Peterson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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The possibility of a catastrophic failure exists with any material.
The probability of a catastrophic failure is lowest with steel.
I say:
Sure, but not low enough to be smug.
Doug also wrote;
"""
Many of the recent posts on this topic have ack
I spoke with Keven at Rivendell earlier today and they'll get the
frame repaired in a timely manner and I'll be able to get it painted a
new color for a reduced fee. I'm also going to get some mid-fork braze-
ons for a Mark's rack. Now I just need to strip the frame and get it
on the brown pony ba
I can top this. JRA on our new to us Orbit tandem (531C!! Wag the dog!!), my
ex wife and I braked to avoid a little bastard on the wrong sida the road.
Steerer snapped just above crown, we spilled, me over bar, ex over me. No
serious damage except some lovely bruises on my upper legs, but it probab
Don't forget to floss your freewheel teeth, too!
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If
If frame inspection sounds too technical, or too much like work, or
like a task eventually leading to disaster ...
Way back when we used to race, we were told a clean bike is a well
functioning bike. That is, wiping it down now and then will bring the
eye closer to an aging cable, worn brake pads
Tarik:
The possibility of a catastrophic failure exists with any material.
The probability of a catastrophic failure is lowest with steel.
dougP
Tarik warns:
"...you should not be so confident that crap like that will never happen to
you because you are on a steel bike.
Tarik
On Mon,
The truth is that Steel frames break ALL THE TIME. I worked at a steel
frame builder for many years and saw hundreds of broken frames come
through the door for repair, most were not crash damage.
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Tarik,
Hardly the same, steerer tubes break on all types of frames, but you will be
hard pressed to find a simpler mid-fork blade failure especially, if you
disregard any forks with braze-ons. Bicycle Manufactures are not playing
with a full deck when it comes to carbon fork and frame design, and
racing frames of 1979 than to a Rambouillet.
Sean
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Date: Monday, November 24, 2008, 3:12 PM
Tarik
Sure,
http://greenblatt.smugmug.com/gallery/4369627_VBaPB#367598179_7xqDb-XL-LB
Thats a JRA failure, not a crash. The fork just separated while
riding. Is that similar enough?
I think that is a kogswell that was made at a same plant where
surly/soma make there stuff, possibly others more germane
Tarik,
Can you show me something like this in steel??
http://www.cyclingnews.com/newsphotos.php?id=/photos/2008/news/nov08/nov22news/DSC_0021
smug and self-congratulatory,
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On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 10:29 AM, tarik saleh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> The right attitude is exactly what David said, Mike is a frame
> breaking animal and it should be a point of pride. Ride it, break it,
> fix it, ride it.
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> Tarik
>
i should have added "inspect it". The nice part about
>
Grant wrote
>
> "...once in a while a frame breaks. Statistically it is inevitable. It
> is a drag to have it aired, but so be it..."
Mike said:
> Oh man, the purpose of the original post wasn't to air any perceived
> short comings of a Rivendell bicycle. As pointed out, this stuff just
> happ
On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 9:35 AM, Mike <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> "...once in a while a frame breaks. Statistically it is inevitable. It
> is a drag to have it aired, but so be it..."
>
> Oh man, the purpose of the original post wasn't to air any perceived
> short comings of a Rivendell bicycle
Mike, I don't think anyone who reads these posts will be dissuaded from their
allegiance to Rivendell. If fact, it was a great tale and we all learned that
karmic forces are uncannily reliable. We also were reminded, despite the
aggrandizement of our steel bikes, that "parts is parts" and that
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