2PedalsTez
Über Member
I feel a little selfish with *only* a broken collar bone!
Get well soon.
Get well soon.
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DCLane
Found in the Yorkshire hills ...
- Location
- Dewsbury, West Yorkshire
Ouch! Get well soon - hope the operation works.
Peowpeowpeowlasers
Well-Known Member
Thanks for all th GWS messages. wont be back on the bike for a while, just found out I need sugery on two of my finger due to broken bones. My partner is begging me to give the bike up as this year has cost me a Ribble (cracked frame), a Carrera TDF (crushed) and almost my life. need some way to talk her round...Help anyone
"The bikes were here before you love."
Herzog
Swinglish Mountain Goat
- Location
- Bern, Switzerland
And they'll certainly be with you for longer if you say that to her.
Peowpeowpeowlasers
Well-Known Member
Given the choice I know what mine would be...
400bhp
Guru
clarion
Guru
- Location
- Exiled from Hyperborea
I've had a crank snap last year. It was Shimano LX, and was the original item supplied on my bike in 1995. It's done many thousands of miles in the interim.
You were very unlucky to have it break while riding. Normally, it will fatigue through (yes, I should have checked it more often) and get to a point where it will crack when a larger force is applied. That will most likely be setting off from a traffic light. I do tend to accelerate away quite fast, so the force to do that is much higher than when I'm spinning the rest of the time.
Glad you are still with us, and I hope you recover soon.
You were very unlucky to have it break while riding. Normally, it will fatigue through (yes, I should have checked it more often) and get to a point where it will crack when a larger force is applied. That will most likely be setting off from a traffic light. I do tend to accelerate away quite fast, so the force to do that is much higher than when I'm spinning the rest of the time.
Glad you are still with us, and I hope you recover soon.
nilling
Über Member
- Location
- Preston, UK
That sounds like a proper brown-trouser moment!
To appease the cycling gods and your nearest and dearest, try a different, 'quieter' route. GWS!!
To appease the cycling gods and your nearest and dearest, try a different, 'quieter' route. GWS!!
Jdratcliffe
Well-Known Member
- Location
- Redhill, Surrey
GWS hope SWMBO comes around soon and you get back to 
cloggsy
Boardmanist
- Location
- North Yorkshire
Get well soon fella; was wondering why I hadn't seen any vid's on YouTube lately 
kelvin davies
Active Member
- Location
- South Wales
Bloody hell, get well soon.
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GfromHull
Active Member
Few people are asking how I'm getting on after my nose dive into the road, and here is the story so far.
I finally got the bike back from the police and was amazed with what I saw twitpic.com/a6iwya the bottom bracket has snapped off inside the crank arm, also you can see where it had been cracked for a while because you can see where oil and dirt has worked its way into the crack.
As for myself the worst is my left hand, at the moment it's unusable, could be upto a year before I get full use again.
All the road rash has cleared up, and I get my chipped tooth sorted in a few days.
I finally got the bike back from the police and was amazed with what I saw twitpic.com/a6iwya the bottom bracket has snapped off inside the crank arm, also you can see where it had been cracked for a while because you can see where oil and dirt has worked its way into the crack.
As for myself the worst is my left hand, at the moment it's unusable, could be upto a year before I get full use again.
All the road rash has cleared up, and I get my chipped tooth sorted in a few days.
Cubist
Still wavin'
- Location
- Ovver 'thill
Wow.
Is there any way of telling whether that axle has been incorrectly assembled? As far as I can determine there's just no way it should fail like that! The oil ingress is the clue that it was like that when you got it. Given that you will need some costly dental work, and the broken fingers will rumble on for the best part of a year, I would suggest having a word with Halfords about their assembly methods, via a decent solicitor.
Is there any way of telling whether that axle has been incorrectly assembled? As far as I can determine there's just no way it should fail like that! The oil ingress is the clue that it was like that when you got it. Given that you will need some costly dental work, and the broken fingers will rumble on for the best part of a year, I would suggest having a word with Halfords about their assembly methods, via a decent solicitor.
Strick
Active Member
- Location
- Peterborough(ish)
Bloody hell!! Best wishes for a full and speedy recovery.
