tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2466551233649992250.post1566743230703060069..comments2023-09-22T05:47:45.847-06:00Comments on Maynard Hershon: An email correspondence about breaking bike partsMaynardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09830982091384886121noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2466551233649992250.post-87362475326501293842008-07-15T11:20:00.000-06:002008-07-15T11:20:00.000-06:00I just replaced the 12 year old DA crank set on my...I just replaced the 12 year old DA crank set on my road bike. The power side failed, [and apparently had been failing since its initial forging], right in the middle of the arm. It bent across the arm so that it began hitting the chain stay. I'm glad I was not out of the saddle. I broke the left side of another set years ago. That time I was climbing Pig Farm. I did end up on the ground that time. <BR/><BR/>This is one reason that a clean bike is a ridable bike. I once noticed a crack in a fork crown. The dirt line wouldn't wipe away. I don't think my next bike will be carpet fiber. Maybe I won't have a choice. <BR/><BR/>b wallyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2466551233649992250.post-37559080129658565232008-07-15T08:36:00.000-06:002008-07-15T08:36:00.000-06:00"Is it okay to clamp a front rack onto carbon fibe..."Is it okay to clamp a front rack onto carbon fiber forks?"<BR/><BR/>I wouldn't do it to my wife's bike. I wouldn't do it on my son's bike. I wouldn't do it on my bike. I wouldn't do it on any customer's bike. <BR/><BR/>There are plenty of steel forks available from lots of folks.blackmountaincycleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17266572418119863606noreply@blogger.com