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02-14-2012, 04:06 AM
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#1 | Junior Member
Join Date: Feb 2012 Posts: 16
| Murphy's Law of Bicycles... In the past year, I've bought 3 brand new bikes. The first one (I didn't realize at the time) was a racing bike and the tires kept rupturing. The second one was a mountain bike that I bought used. Well this one had a weak gear system and the first time the chain came off it bent the whole thing out of shape. The third one, also a mountain bike, it got stolen. So anyways, anyone else have bicycle misfortune they'd like to share?
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02-14-2012, 05:43 AM
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#2 | Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Richton Park, Illinios Posts: 2,212
| My first mountain bike was bought from the PX in Panama. I thought it was assembled correctly....evidently not. While riding it home, the grips started to foam up and get all slippery. I find out later that the guy who put them on used oil to get them to slide on the bars. I continued with my ride after cleaning up the oily mess the best I could. Going up a long incline I stood up on the pedals and started to pedal, on a down stroke, the chain popped off and I went right over the handlebars. By the time I got home I was ready to throw the thing in the trash. I ended up keeping it for several years before buying a better one.
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02-14-2012, 08:32 AM
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#3 | Member
Join Date: Oct 2011 Posts: 43
| When I was a kid I took a Moutain bike I had just gotten to the loacal BMX track. Pulled up a bit to go over a jump and the handle bars pulled out of the front fork. So I found myself mid air, holding the handle bars (free at this point) above my head and the bike still under me.
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02-14-2012, 08:52 AM
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#4 | Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Richton Park, Illinios Posts: 2,212
| Quote:
Originally Posted by bsmit212 When I was a kid I took a Moutain bike I had just gotten to the loacal BMX track. Pulled up a bit to go over a jump and the handle bars pulled out of the front fork. So I found myself mid air, holding the handle bars (free at this point) above my head and the bike still under me. | That had to leave a mark!
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02-14-2012, 10:05 AM
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#5 | Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2011 Posts: 199
| The only issues I have had are when I tried to do something silly on them and ended up flying off it and being tossed through the air. The bike did nothing, the blame was always on me.
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02-14-2012, 09:11 PM
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#6 | Member
Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Chavies, KY Posts: 78
| Once, I had just gotten a new mountain bike and was out putting it through it's paces. I attempted to go up a rather steep hill, one I had been up a few times before on other bikes.
This time, I was going up like normal, and about 2/3's the way, were it gets tough I was giving a real good push on the pedal. It felt like something slipped, but I didn't hear a clank, but I fell forward on the top tube and the bike quit moving. I jumped off, and after the pain subsided started checking things out. It didn't take long to find the problem. The rear hub actually spun around on the gear side, it actually folded the rim into a giant U shape.
The bike shop gave me a free replacement rim, and changed out all the gears and parts for me free of charge.
I never imagined a hub would spin around like that, I just figured the tire would spin out and lose traction first.
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02-15-2012, 11:14 PM
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#7 | Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Indiana Posts: 1,931
| Bojib, I'm real sorry that happened to you. It looks like you did everything right. As for the rest of you, if you buy indiscriminately, you get what you deserve. If you check, you will see that I have been a strong component for buying from reputable dealers and, if you have no prior knowledge of bicycles, have them set up by a professional.
My road bike hasn't been used in quite a while but it was good for 50mph back when I rode in competition. I know everything about that bike. My mountain bike is set up for camping, has all terrain tires that I can vary the pressure from 30 to 85psi. It'll go through crap my four wheeler will struggle through and I know every inch of it.
Bicycles today are highly specialized. If you don't know what you are doing, stay off of them. Luckily, it doesn't take a genius to become well acquainted with the nuances. Find a professional.
A man's reach should exceed his grasp.-Robert Browning
A man's got to know his limitations.-Dirty Harry |
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02-16-2012, 04:05 PM
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#8 | Junior Member
Join Date: Feb 2012 Posts: 16
| WOW these make me feel a-lot better about my misfortunes, at least I never almost died... but anyways, speaking of the BMX track I had one similar to those when I was a kid, I'm going over those short hills and I hit the last one wrong my bike flipped forward pretty much catapulting me into the next hill and seeing as I was being stupid and didn't wear a helmet it was like hitting a brick wall with my face...
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02-16-2012, 09:10 PM
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#9 | Member
Join Date: Dec 2011 Posts: 90
| We were biking along a trail in a fairly remote area. It was one of those point of no return trails. We thought that even though we had to walk our bikes over some very steep rocky terrain that it had to get better once we got to the top. It didn't and riding down was a scary experience, especially when my wife lost control and crashed. She was okay but let's just say it was a long walk back.
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