I have a friend who had a carbon frame break (madone right at the bottom bracket, bike was unrideable, he was bummed), have witnessed a carbon fork break at speed (dude went away in an ambulance; frame and fork was toast. A stick in the road came up and took out both fork arms. The accident happened really fast and the rider had no time to stop the bike) and I have had a steel fork bend when I was trying to hop over a curb but didn't get it up enough. I bent the fork back with my hands, rode the bike home that day and replaced the fork; Jamis Aurora. I have also had dented steel tubes, broken tubes, bent chainstays and broken crankarms. The only thing that put me on the ground from breaking was the crankarm, and that crash hurt and I had to get someone to pick me up. The other stuff happened over time while riding, hitting trees while singletracking, crashing the bike and realizing the bike broke ect... I can't remember a time where the bike did not get me home after that damage though. On Friday, July 13, 2012 2:33:15 PM UTC-5, Skenry wrote:
> Nope, I don't personally know too many people on this list. I have only > met a few so personally so I have to judge the group based upon what people > here post. > > I'll say that without a doubt, there are many bicycling fans here but > ,OVERALL, the group is very focused only on one type of bike. Its just > weird to me that here and on the iBob list there are many people who only > consider bicycles that fit into the Riv stereotype. Now on the old serrota > list (now The Paceline Forum) and even on velocipede salon they tend to > appriciate all bikes. Those two groups most definately cater towards the > faster crowd but they also apreciate and enjoy the Riv type of slow, heavy, > comfort bicycles. > > As for what started my intial post, who here has had a carbon frame/fork > break, fail or bend? > OK, now who here has had a steel frame/fork break, bend or fail? > > As for me, I will keep riding all types of bicycles not just those of one > small type. > > Scott Henry > Dayton, OH > come see me > > > > On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 2:54 PM, Peter Morgano <uscpeter11...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> I like bikes. It just seems around here that you can either drink the >> koolaid or enjoy bikes, very few of you can seemingly do both. >> Scott >> >> >> Its like you know us...oh wait, you don't. So stop being so >> condescending. >> >> On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 2:49 PM, Scott Henry <ske...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Well, If thats how you are measuring things, i've had two steel froks >>> bend. One aluminum fork come unglued. >>> I've never had a carbon fork bend, break, snap or do anything other that >>> work 100% perfectly. >>> >>> I've had plenty of all three type going back to my first EMS fork in the >>> early 90s. >>> >>> Guess how stupid that is. >>> >>> I like bikes. It just seems around here that you can either drink the >>> koolaid or enjoy bikes, very few of you can seemingly do both. >>> >>> Scott >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 12:39 PM, Joe Bernard <joerem...@gmail.com>wrote: >>> >>>> I make no apologies for my "divisiveness" about CF forks. Any product >>>> supporting the front wheel of a bicycle which snaps instead of bending is >>>> stupid. >>>> >>>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >> To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. >> > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/vDkulQZlZrwJ. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
