overmind
My other bike is a Pinarello
- Location
- Reading, Berkshire
Has anybody come across this before? I wonder how common it is?
I was fixing a bike for a work team member. Below is the spec.
https://www.stows.co.uk/bikes/hybrid-bikes/2021-giant-escape-3-disc-hybrid-bike-in-silver__18464
Essentially, the quick-release rear axle had snapped. I managed to get a replacement on ebay from hopkinson_cycles which worked beautifully.
While I was doing the repair I noticed that the derailleur hanger was loose. The (2) screws which secure the hanger to to the frame has sheared, the screw heads were missing and just the screw part was still lodged in the frame, which I managed to remove with an optical screwdriver (somehow).
Has anybody seen this before?
(i.e. the heads breaking of the screw like that. The only thing I can think that may have caused is riding the bike
with a broken axle would put extra stress on the screw and cause them to break.)
Aside: The Giant Escape 3 disc hybrid is a strange bike. It seems to be a mixture of old and new tech. It has disc brakes but the rear sprocket is a old-style, 7-speed freewheel. I would have expected a cassette.
I was fixing a bike for a work team member. Below is the spec.
https://www.stows.co.uk/bikes/hybrid-bikes/2021-giant-escape-3-disc-hybrid-bike-in-silver__18464
Essentially, the quick-release rear axle had snapped. I managed to get a replacement on ebay from hopkinson_cycles which worked beautifully.
While I was doing the repair I noticed that the derailleur hanger was loose. The (2) screws which secure the hanger to to the frame has sheared, the screw heads were missing and just the screw part was still lodged in the frame, which I managed to remove with an optical screwdriver (somehow).
Has anybody seen this before?
(i.e. the heads breaking of the screw like that. The only thing I can think that may have caused is riding the bike
with a broken axle would put extra stress on the screw and cause them to break.)
Aside: The Giant Escape 3 disc hybrid is a strange bike. It seems to be a mixture of old and new tech. It has disc brakes but the rear sprocket is a old-style, 7-speed freewheel. I would have expected a cassette.
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