On Tuesday, May 8, 2018 at 4:55:10 PM UTC-7, Mark J. wrote:
On 5/8/2018 8:49 AM, jbeattie wrote:

So what? You blew a tire in a pot hole. I'm not getting how this illustrates anything except how lucky you were that you didn't go OTB -- the usual consequence of hitting a pot hole at high speed. What are you suggesting here -- solid tires?

You know the manufacturers are so stupid. That fat Michelin man. I call him sad Michelin man -- a failing tire company. If they did like I suggested in 1982 and made solid tires, they would be great again. Losers.

BTW, I've never crashed because of an equipment failure. I've broken three pedals, snapped six or more cranks (at least three while out of the saddle sprinting), broken handle bars, seat posts.

Impressive technique. When I snapped a crank out of the saddle
(starting from a red light), down I went. Years later, I think I kept
it up when I snapped a chain. Way back in the day, I kept the tandem up
when we popped the small cog off a Regina Corsa cluster (held on only by
two threads, it turned out), but that was a close-run thing. Just can't
figure how to do it with a crank snap, though.

How _does_ one stay up upon snapping a crank? Was the failure not sudden?

Your prospective bike-handling disciple (mostly serious)

Mostly good luck, because I've done plenty of things that have landed me in the hospital, usually related to traction loss. Anyway, with one of the cranks, I was sprinting that little approach hill to Sauvie Island, and the crank broke (Campy NR). The front end wobbled hard, and I put my foot/pedal on the pavement and threw-up some sparks (maybe, it could have happened). The rough part was riding home 15 miles on one leg. I broke two Shimanos near my current home, going over short hills out of the saddle. The last time, I had really hard wobble and again put my foot on the ground, but the SPD pedal came off. I had to hunt around the next morning to find my pedal in a leaf pile on Terwiliger. It still had part of the crank on it. I don't remember the details of the ones back in the 70-90s.

I'm not saying its safe to break equipment, but Joerg's world is so bleak, I though a counter-anecdote was in order. I don't want everyone running for the Xanax and hiding inside, worried about killer cars and exploding tires..

-- Jay Beattie.