AustinBike Posted November 17, 2022 Share Posted November 17, 2022 On 11/13/2022 at 10:48 PM, Morris said: Nice ride at RPR today iPhone? That is a known problem with them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AustinBike Posted November 17, 2022 Share Posted November 17, 2022 4 hours ago, RonSurly said: ah ok, shows even what many consider maybe an overbuilt frame can fail. Thanks for sharing Any frame can fail. I have broken: Gary Fisher: 2X Hammerhead 1X Knolly 3X (maybe 4, can't remember exactly) Vassago 1X I haven't broken: Santa Cruz Redline Vassago - yet (different one, purple must be better) Kona - yet Basically Austin eats frames. If you ride them long enough here, they will break. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RonSurly Posted November 18, 2022 Share Posted November 18, 2022 3 hours ago, AustinBike said: Any frame can fail. I have broken: Gary Fisher: 2X Hammerhead 1X Knolly 3X (maybe 4, can't remember exactly) Vassago 1X I haven't broken: Santa Cruz Redline Vassago - yet (different one, purple must be better) Kona - yet Basically Austin eats frames. If you ride them long enough here, they will break. Wow! That’s an amazing amount of broken frames. I’ve only ever bent a rigid fork from jumping too high to flat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry Posted November 18, 2022 Share Posted November 18, 2022 If we're talking about broken frames, this is the 12 I have: - 4 Gary Fisher Sugars. Aluminum. - 1 Giant VT. Aluminum. - 1 Giant Reign. Aluminum. - 1 Motobecane Lurch. 4130 steel. - 5 Banshee Spitfires. Aluminum. 3 gen 1s, 2 gen 2s. - 0 Santa Cruz 5010s in 17,000+ miles. Carbon fiber. - 0 Evil ChamoisHagars in 8,000+ miles. Carbon fiber. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CBaron Posted November 18, 2022 Share Posted November 18, 2022 Never had one of my frames break. To add onto that, I've only had 1 (rear) wheel failure also. But that was very early in my riding and I was being stupid on a DH in CO (circa 1998). Maybe I don't ride enough? 🙂 -CJB 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RonSurly Posted November 18, 2022 Share Posted November 18, 2022 9 hours ago, CBaron said: Never had one of my frames break. To add onto that, I've only had 1 (rear) wheel failure also. But that was very early in my riding and I was being stupid on a DH in CO (circa 1998). Maybe I don't ride enough? 🙂 -CJB Interesting, I feel like there’s another factor working here. Like finesse vs power/brute force riding style that’s in play. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AntonioGG Posted November 18, 2022 Share Posted November 18, 2022 1 hour ago, RonSurly said: Interesting, I feel like there’s another factor working here. Like finesse vs power/brute force riding style that’s in play. DING DING DING! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AntonioGG Posted November 18, 2022 Share Posted November 18, 2022 (edited) 1/4 notch W2E Edited November 18, 2022 by AntonioGG 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taco Man Posted November 18, 2022 Share Posted November 18, 2022 12 hours ago, CBaron said: Never had one of my frames break. To add onto that, I've only had 1 (rear) wheel failure also. But that was very early in my riding and I was being stupid on a DH in CO (circa 1998). Maybe I don't ride enough? 🙂 -CJB Ive only destroyed one frame- Takara Road bike when I was about 15. Was racing on the paved trails in where I grew up (The woodlands) came around a blind corner and a family was riding side by side. I put my head down and plowed into the Father at his front fork and I went flying into the woods. My friend turned inside and hard bumped the Mother. As I was laying on my back is when I realized there was a kid in the seat of the bike I hit laying near me. Got up, got yelled at by the Father. Went to ride away and my front wheel was 3" into the frame- could only go left. Walked home. My dad and I took the fork off, put a crowbar into and in a vise and pulled and pulled to get it "rideable" . Still always pulled left though. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AustinBike Posted November 18, 2022 Share Posted November 18, 2022 The short answer on my frames is that I am not a hard rider by any means, no jumping, no big drops. Just wear and tear on the greenbelt mostly. But I do ride a lot. The Knolly was the biggest offender and that was a burly bike. But it had a design flaw that meant they were replacing failed chain stays with new ones that still contained the same flaw. To get us back on our original discussion, this was today: An unmentionable new trail that I won't mention. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugh Posted November 18, 2022 Share Posted November 18, 2022 16 hours ago, Barry said: If we're talking about broken frames, this is the 12 I have: - 4 Gary Fisher Sugars. Aluminum. - 1 Giant VT. Aluminum. - 1 Giant Reign. Aluminum. - 1 Motobecane Lurch. 4130 steel. - 5 Banshee Spitfires. Aluminum. 3 gen 1s, 2 gen 2s. - 0 Santa Cruz 5010s in 17,000+ miles. Carbon fiber. - 0 Evil ChamoisHagars in 8,000+ miles. Carbon fiber. Gary Fisher, AKA Crack and Fissure Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
June Bug Posted November 19, 2022 Share Posted November 19, 2022 (edited) Hippie House Trail at Phil's World: Edited November 19, 2022 by June Bug 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
June Bug Posted November 19, 2022 Share Posted November 19, 2022 (edited) Boggy Draw Trail, (mtbproject page for Boggy Draw) extensive system of mostly buff single track though the Ponderosa pine forest: Edited November 19, 2022 by June Bug 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chongo Loco Posted November 19, 2022 Share Posted November 19, 2022 On 11/17/2022 at 5:29 PM, AustinBike said: Any frame can fail. I have broken: Gary Fisher: 2X Hammerhead 1X Knolly 3X (maybe 4, can't remember exactly) Vassago 1X I haven't broken: Santa Cruz Redline Vassago - yet (different one, purple must be better) Kona - yet Basically Austin eats frames. If you ride them long enough here, they will break. Proflex 856 - hairline crack in bb shell about the time I decided it hated hill country drops Trek Fuel(s) - 1 top tube failure at rear cable boss, 1 seat tube failure at weld by shock mount, 1 rear triangle on chainstay weld by wheel, 1 rear triangle failure on chain stay near bb. All in a 2 year period. At this point the Trek rep upgraded me to a carbon frame, 2 years later broke another chainstay on the chunk of Al bonded to carbon stay. Sold it and went to Santa Cruz. Santa Cruz Tallboy - after 5 years of beating the ever loving shit out of it a metal washer like bit bonded to the carbon stay on the shock mount cracked. They didn’t have 2 gen old parts so got a whole new frame which I promptly sold and went beefier. Santa Cruz Hightower - been beating this one for 5 years, metal bit no longer on the SC stay, still rollin. Conclusion: metal has a fatigue life, aluminum is the shortest of bicycle materials. I have a knack for finding its limit. Carbon seems to take the abuse of 210 lbs running dead over everything better. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RonSurly Posted November 20, 2022 Share Posted November 20, 2022 Round Rock urban ride green lawn park 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taco Man Posted November 21, 2022 Share Posted November 21, 2022 (edited) Not a pic of just the bike but my friend and in in CZM recently Edited November 21, 2022 by Taco Man Misaligned Image 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATXZJ Posted November 21, 2022 Share Posted November 21, 2022 Skills area at Veteran's Park in Lexington Kentucky. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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St.Bernardo Posted November 24, 2022 Share Posted November 24, 2022 Oklahoma Red Dirt. This dog found us about mile 11 of 23. Ran with us back to the house. Looking for owner...... 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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mack_turtle Posted November 28, 2022 Share Posted November 28, 2022 (edited) What's more offensive: the fact that I rode a skatepark on a this bike, or that I did it in bib shorts with children present? (Twin Six Standard Rando with 650x47 tires and eccentric BB for singlespeedin'.) Edited November 28, 2022 by mack_turtle 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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