who has ever snapped their frame??

[jayboy882003]

hey people... juzz wondering if ya ever snapped ya frame?? what kind was it??

[oz-freerider]

i snaped a gaint warp ds1 in 4 months of riding :/

[Rik]

I buy bikes that are appropriate to my riding style..

[jayboy882003]

I buy bikes that are appropriate to my riding style..
i'm sure u do!!

[oz-freerider]

so do i now :|

[jayboy882003]

agreed!!
so do i now :|

[j5ive]

Anthing can snap though.

My bro just snapped my old ride. An 02 P3. But it certainly helps to buy the right bike in the first place :)

[scotty beefs]

i've cracked an old KHS fxt comp and my mates brother snapped a kona muni mula?. Not a snap but one of my other mates has WORN a hole in his chainstay on his raceline rhino trials bike and still does drops on it... I've also had a different mate crack a gary fisher betty level 1

[naz]

snapped a 200 giant atx840 downtube...gotta love xc bikes
and last week my 03' norco one25

[SquarkyD]

snapped my chrome mongoose frame about 4 yrs ago, broke the tube not the weld :shock: . got an upgraded frame (IBOC Pro SX) and a new set of chainrings (the others had 6 teeth ground off when they slid along the ground) so i want that pissed off.

[Kram]

2 GT STS's.
But didn't they all break?

[Rik]

Sorry, sorry, I apologise about my earlier statement.

I have broken one bike, my steel F.Moser roadie. Cracked it at the join of the seatstay and seat tube. Mind you, that was the era that my sprint was at its best and I rode like a nutter, and also perfected rear wheel hops on it.
I finish a race, thinking something felt a bit sluggish, and when packing the bike away, my brother informed me that I'd inadvertantly made it a softtail :shock:

[Damo]

snapped a 200 giant atx840 downtube...gotta love xc bikes

I snapped one of them too. Was pretty cool feeling at the time, i was like, hey i must ride so hard how cool am I. Then I got a Rainer on warranty & this time I snapped the chain stay learning to do some trials manuvers. This time warranty wasn't so gracious in giving me another frame (funny they must be able to tell when your lying, "no I don't do jumps on my bike" ;-)) anyways while I was saving for a new rig I borrowed my girlfriends brother's Giant Rincon & needless to say I eventually snapped it (sorry dude).

Now I just got to save a few quid and Mr GripSport is going to fix them up making them stronger than when they were new! :lol:

[toodles]

I've broken a GT timberline (forks and frame), cracked a Mongoose Amplifier, cracked two Avanti Moto AFXs. I only weigh 65-70 kgs and ride like a sissy so I put all of these down to either bad luck or cheap machinery. Now I've got a Crafty 208 and a Norco 125 and they're both stronger than me.

[kiwi]

i snapped the seat tube completely off an 01 marin b-17, i did about a 10ft drop in practice and it just turned into a pile of metal underneith me

[fastrider gus]

i snapped my old Apollo when i was about 10... i was doing jumps that are nearly as big as what i do now!
i still have it as a school bike.. my dad welded it back together! lol

[Grip]

Now I just got to save a few quid and Mr GripSport is going to fix them up making them stronger than when they were new! :lol:

Damn straight! But you don't need THAT many quid.... geez what do you take us for?

... now where's that calculator and the investment portfolio and the holiday brochure for Paris and Kerry Packer's phone number?

[Damo]

Now I just got to save a few quid and Mr GripSport is going to fix them up making them stronger than when they were new! :lol:

Damn straight! But you don't need THAT many quid.... geez what do you take us for?

... now where's that calculator and the investment portfolio and the holiday brochure for Paris and Kerry Packer's phone number?

ha ha ha ha ha :lol: :lol:
i know i know, half of it is finding the time to box the buggers up & get 'em down to ya

[Gutty]

I snapped the fork on my very first bike twice. Gutters were BIG back then. I think it was called a Malvern Star boxer.

[Grip]

Now I just got to save a few quid and Mr GripSport is going to fix them up making them stronger than when they were new! :lol:

Damn straight! But you don't need THAT many quid.... geez what do you take us for?

... now where's that calculator and the investment portfolio and the holiday brochure for Paris and Kerry Packer's phone number?

ha ha ha ha ha :lol: :lol:
i know i know, half of it is finding the time to box the buggers up & get 'em down to ya

YeeeeHaaa! Now... can we fit London AND Paris in this year???? Hmmm

And while on the subject of broken bikes... I could probably afford to lose a FEW kilos (shut up anyone who knows me!) but the only bike I've ever killed beyond repair was a moto that snapped BOTH sides of the handlebars at once after landing a jump. Farkin thing took off like a squealin pig that thought I was a hillbilly trying to root it... with me face down on the tank, legs out the back, arms down either side... and of course the throttle stuck about as wide open as a tart's walkers. Probably would have been OK 'cept for the big cliff and the even bigger "lake" at the bottom of that. Anyone here know the old Mooraduc Quarry (down the Mornington Peninsula way)? Anyone here got a grappling hook?

That one took a bit of explaining to mum!

[lupine128]

i snapped a pk ripper and quadangle in my youth, a shogun slickrock in my not so youth, and yz250 recently.
god the old S.E. stuff was cool.......

[Silver Wahoo]

I snapped my AC team around the the down tube above the shock mount, Mind you I did hit a stump at 30ks!!! The same crash snapped me pretty bad as well puttung me in hospital in need of some surgery, Stay tuned for photo's. You can see tenden and bone and all sorts of nasty sheeet. :twisted: :twisted: :twisted:

[lupine128]

woohoo, more carnage photos :D

[Carlin]

I snapped my old 'Goose NX8.1 (one of the old Newman frames) on the RHS chainstay just infront of the weld at the dropouts.

It was my first "real" mountain bike and I broke it doing things that really should not be done on a XC frame.

[oneoftheboys]

all bikes brake. it just depends on how long i guess. get the right bike for the right job an i guess you will keep it to a minium unlike my 7 plus frames i have either cracked or snapped

[oneoftheboys]

but then when i think of it, i am not the smoothist an i weigh 90 kg an i hit pretty much all there is to hit.

[wombat]

I snapped the chainstay on my old Shogun Trailbreaker, but it lasted a lot longer than it should have, I was just waiting for it to give up the ghost.

[Rick]

someone submit some photos!!!!!!

[Glenn]

my first bike was a giant rincon with rigid forks :roll: it snaped,
got me a stab primo and craked the frame in four places :? but im sure it was a falt in the workmanship and shit....getting a bran new frame on warranty but so it worked out all good!

[RaID]

i tore the the headtube of my DBR V-Link Pro
towards the end of my first ride on it.
Ironically it literally broke when i was just pedalling along the footpath (luckily aswell).
ahh the joys of buying 2nd hand bikes :roll:

[matty_2004]

I've snapped an old mongoose super goose bmx :D

[matty_2004]

i've got a giant atx 870 or what ever.. they are soooooo light.. no wonder they break..

[curtisrider]

not aframe but ive snapped a z5 qr20

[pyrotek]

Snapped a Giant ATX 840 funny enough no warrantee either
but yeah I won't go there…
Snapped the head tube clean off just at the weld.
Go me a real frame now! :wink:

[Rossco]

haha ive snapped every frame i ever owned bar my GT zaskar which i been couriering on for the last 3 years, must say something about zaskars strength

atx 840
atx 800
atx 890
some bunky old khs
and a wheeler road bike
all dead

ROss

[Grip]

Hey Rossco, Zaskars are good stuff, we've only ever had two in for cracks around the seat/top tube joint and I'm pretty sure the guys were running their seat posts way too far out for the frame.

BTW where do you work as a courier? If Melb, do you know Talon?

[Grip]

And because it's painful to think of all those poor broken bikes lying around out there, here's two follow-on questions for this thread...

Where are all these frames now?

And

WHY AREN'T THEY HANGING IN OUR WORKSHOP???

Even if they're totally dead (which you know I don't believe) I did put this post up....

http://www.farkin.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=2926

[bb7 rider]

i have broken basically every bike i have ever ridden they just wear out our fatigue or something, the list so far
atx 840
atx 990
giant dh team 00
specialized team dh 01
kona stab primo 01

whats with stab primos breaking?

[Rossco]

i courier over 'ere in the wild wild west

ROss
#195

[Fatman]

CAAD 5 Cracknfail f2000,seatstay, Giant AC1,swingarm, GT XCR4000,swingarm.

[Grip]

CAAD 5 Cracknfail f2000,seatstay, Giant AC1,swingarm, GT XCR4000,swingarm.

Gee..... never seen any of THOSE particular bikes before! You poor bastard, Fatman, if we were sitting in a hall somewhere surrounded by old women someone would have yelled BINGO by now.

[fastrider gus]

not aframe but ive snapped a z5 qr20

yea i snapped my '01 Z1 qr20's... dang bombers! :lol:

[Muz]

I cracked my trek 6000 but was lucky enough to get waranty, then the waranty frame (8500) was stolen so i got insurance on it. Now I ride a DMR sidekick. Steel is real.

[jayboy882003]

all bikes brake. it just depends on how long i guess. get the right bike for the right job an i guess you will keep it to a minium unlike my 7 plus frames i have either cracked or snapped
yeah i guess. then again if u snap ya frame u get a new one from warranty (well depends how u snapped it in the 1st place)

[whywalkwhenucanroll]

I snapped a Giant Warp DS3. They replaced the frame and then the swing arm went. replaced that and then the frame cracked again. Doin freeride duties on a 20inch warp is not good for the soul. I also screwed a set of RS indy XC forks, Jetts and now I have Psylo XC (2000 model i think) and they rock, take all the shit I throw at them.

[jayboy882003]

my mate trent (trenta23) snapped his ATX 860 jumping off a kerb..i think he did a lot more to its before the kerb... he got an XTC team frame for free from warranty!!!

[spudz]

I cracked a giant ac1 2003 model.

[Glenn]

i have broken basically every bike i have ever ridden they just wear out our fatigue or something, the list so far
atx 840
atx 990
giant dh team 00
specialized team dh 01
kona stab primo 01

were abouts did you stab primo crack, snap? cause mine cracked around the bottom braket were the chain guid plat welds on, around the guset under the head tub(one each side),and a big crack along the swing arm were the dropout bolts on! how bout you? i like the bike but and im happy that kona warrantied it with no dramers! :D

[jayboy882003]

all depends on what u do and the type of riding. get the right bike for the right job

[jays_5000]

I just found a crack in my frame tonight, not fkn good!!! now i have to pull $400 out of my ass to buy a new frame!!!!!!!!!!!!

[jayboy882003]

OMG...u own that rincon ehh...ouch

[jays_5000]

yeah, oh well on the bright side, new bike, great wall ornament

[jayboy882003]

hey is is still under waranty

[jays_5000]

nah doubt it, its about 4 or 5 yrs old, and also i dont tthink the waranty would cover it, (dirt jumps, extreme urban abuse, agressive trail riding, and all the other stuff the rincon warning sticker says not to do)

[whywalkwhenucanroll]

I know of i guy who snapped the rear spring in a Avanti D8 i have NFI how.

[naz]

someone submit some photos!!!!!!
http://www.farkin.net/forums/album_pic.php?pic_id=792
http://www.farkin.net/forums/album_pic.php?pic_id=795

[dick]

naz thats not a bad effort

[j-ro]

http://www.farkin.net/forums/album_pic.php?pic_id=1143

Don't ask how...

[snotty]

I snapped. well shattered my Cadex h/t frame...Cadex being an old carbon giant. built when xc was king..so it wasn't suprising it screwed itself when i was running 6 inch triples and racing dh on it....hehe

[Grip]

Don't have to ask how, jro... that looks suspiciously like a number of swingarms we've had in!!!!!!!
http://www.farkin.net/forums/album_pic.php?pic_id=292

[bazza]

mmm my stinky is a machine..have you had any of them in?

[notb4dinner]

I snapped. well shattered my Cadex h/t frame...Cadex being an old carbon giant. built when xc was king..so it wasn't suprising it screwed itself when i was running 6 inch triples and racing dh on it....hehe

What snotty fails to mention is that the only reason it broke is from the lower crown hitting the frame in a heavy crash. Interestingly he's still riding the same frame. We just patched it up with a bit (ok a lot) more carbon wrapped around the break.

Grip : Is that an Apollo LDH swingarm?? I can't understand why someone would bother paying to repair them.

I just found a crack in my frame tonight, not fkn good!!! now i have to pull $400 out of my ass to buy a new frame!!!!!!!!!!!!

GIMME A G
GIMME A R
GIMME A I
GIMME A P

WHATS IT SPELL???

[CHEWY]

[quote="Grip"]Don't have to ask how, jro... that looks suspiciously like a number of swingarms we've had in!!!!!!!

:lol: lol stoopid apollo's...

[bazza]

yer stupid apollos. still it makes little kids want biggger better bikes...maybe thats a good thing. or maybe they should just make v10s and 222s cost 50 bucks???

[Grip]

Grip : Is that an Apollo LDH swingarm?? I can't understand why someone would bother paying to repair them.
We've done about four or five of these... all snapped in similar area. Some for Apollo themselves as warranty others just from bike shops for their customers. Bottom line is that even Apollo Bicycles can't get replacements and if people don't want to replace their entire bike then there's really no option for them. When you think about it even a $200 repair to keep a bike you like going is way cheaper than the big bucks for a new frame or complete bike.
Fuzzy wrote

jays_5000 wrote:
I just found a crack in my frame tonight, not fkn good!!! now i have to pull $400 out of my ass to buy a new frame!!!!!!!!!!!!


GIMME A G
GIMME A R
GIMME A I
GIMME A P

WHATS IT SPELL???

Thanks Fuzzy, just shows the re-education of cyclists is an on-going thing... it seems people's natural inclanation is to "buy new"
bazza Posted

mmm my stinky is a machine..have you had any of them in?

No. Only ever had a couple of Konas in for repair... then again compared with mass market brands like Giant etc there's not THAT many of them out there so don't take our experience as an indication of quality. But having said that, most Konas are ridden pretty hard from what I've seen, so they must be pretty tough... or maybe they break like glass and people simply throw them away???? I don't know.

[jays_5000]

Fuzzy wrote

jays_5000 wrote:
I just found a crack in my frame tonight, not fkn good!!! now i have to pull $400 out of my ass to buy a new frame!!!!!!!!!!!!


GIMME A G
GIMME A R
GIMME A I
GIMME A P

WHATS IT SPELL???

Thanks Fuzzy, just shows the re-education of cyclists is an on-going thing... it seems people's natural inclanation is to "buy new"

i took the frame to a welding joint yesterday and they said it was gunna cost $40 just to weld it let alone adding gussets and shit so i didnt worry about it, and also i was gunna send an email to u guys last night bout fixing it for me except its not worth the shipping costs cuz i am in tasmania.
I wanna get that frame goin again tho because altho i still am getting a stronger frame more suited to my style of riding, the giant is really light and i have a set of light weight aluminuim rigids that i wanted to use to make a trials bike.... is beng in tas a big problem

[jays_5000]

Fuzzy wrote

jays_5000 wrote:
I just found a crack in my frame tonight, not fkn good!!! now i have to pull $400 out of my ass to buy a new frame!!!!!!!!!!!!


GIMME A G
GIMME A R
GIMME A I
GIMME A P

WHATS IT SPELL???

Thanks Fuzzy, just shows the re-education of cyclists is an on-going thing... it seems people's natural inclanation is to "buy new"

i took the frame to a welding joint yesterday and they said it was gunna cost $40 just to weld it let alone adding gussets and shit so i didnt worry about it, and also i was gunna send an email to u guys last night bout fixing it for me except its not worth the shipping costs cuz i am in tasmania.
I wanna get that frame goin again tho because altho i still am getting a stronger frame more suited to my style of riding, the giant is really light and i have a set of light weight aluminuim rigids that i wanted to use to make a trials bike.... is beng in tas a big problem

[jays_5000]

http://www.farkin.net/forums/album_pic.php?pic_id=1177
http://www.farkin.net/forums/album_pic.php?pic_id=1176
thats the damn thing there

[jays_5000]

http://www.farkin.net/forums/album_pic.php?pic_id=1177
http://www.farkin.net/forums/album_pic.php?pic_id=1176
thats the damn thing there

[Grip]

jays_5000, being in Tassie makes no difference whatsoever. As long as the frame comes to us per our intructions we do a FLAT RATE of $20 to get your frame to us and then back to your door anywhere in the country.
PLEASE don't make me say it all again about getting frames just "welded" up (rather than repaired properly)... I don't care WHO fixes your frame... simply "welding" it WILL MAKE IT WEAKER THAN IT WAS... so for farks sake use the search function here on the forum and read everything that's been said about repairing frames.
If you want us to do it call on (03) 9437 1954 and I can price it over the phone for you.
Cheers

[Grip]

jays_5000, being in Tassie makes no difference whatsoever. As long as the frame comes to us per our intructions we do a FLAT RATE of $20 to get your frame to us and then back to your door anywhere in the country.
PLEASE don't make me say it all again about getting frames just "welded" up (rather than repaired properly)... I don't care WHO fixes your frame... simply "welding" it WILL MAKE IT WEAKER THAN IT WAS... so for farks sake use the search function here on the forum and read everything that's been said about repairing frames.
If you want us to do it call on (03) 9437 1954 and I can price it over the phone for you.
Cheers

[jays_5000]

yeah thats why i didnt worry about getting them other guys to fix it cuz they didnt sound like they knew what they were doing

[jays_5000]

yeah thats why i didnt worry about getting them other guys to fix it cuz they didnt sound like they knew what they were doing

[Grip]

OK... good clear pics and easy to price from. $160 for the repair and $20 for freight... all-up total of $180. and currently approx one week turnaround for the repair.
That involves some fairly heavy duty gussets tying the whole area of downtube to headtube to toptube. Very common repair... in fact we did almost exactly the same on an Elsworth Specialist just this morning (although his also involved re-aligning the headtube to increase the angle by 2.5 degrees after a serious head-on tried to fold his forks back behind him)
Cheers

[Grip]

OK... good clear pics and easy to price from. $160 for the repair and $20 for freight... all-up total of $180. and currently approx one week turnaround for the repair.
That involves some fairly heavy duty gussets tying the whole area of downtube to headtube to toptube. Very common repair... in fact we did almost exactly the same on an Elsworth Specialist just this morning (although his also involved re-aligning the headtube to increase the angle by 2.5 degrees after a serious head-on tried to fold his forks back behind him)
Cheers

[sich nich]

my mate bram has snapped an atx 840, got one on warranty and its now farked. has a bulge on the bottom of the downtube at the headtube and a crack in the paint at the top of the top tube.
Ive snapped a warp ds2, got it welded and it snapped again.

[sich nich]

my mate bram has snapped an atx 840, got one on warranty and its now farked. has a bulge on the bottom of the downtube at the headtube and a crack in the paint at the top of the top tube.
Ive snapped a warp ds2, got it welded and it snapped again.

[awesomninity]

Was riding a track near Roseville bridge on the north shore the other day and saw a red Kona which had been snapped at the headset (like full cut through) and hung up in a tree as a warning/trophey - anyone seen it/know who's it was??

[awesomninity]

Was riding a track near Roseville bridge on the north shore the other day and saw a red Kona which had been snapped at the headset (like full cut through) and hung up in a tree as a warning/trophey - anyone seen it/know who's it was??

[jays_5000]

Was riding a track near Roseville bridge on the north shore the other day and saw a red Kona which had been snapped at the headset (like full cut through) and hung up in a tree as a warning/trophey - anyone seen it/know who's it was??

grab it and get it fixed, then u got yourself a spare frame

[jays_5000]

Was riding a track near Roseville bridge on the north shore the other day and saw a red Kona which had been snapped at the headset (like full cut through) and hung up in a tree as a warning/trophey - anyone seen it/know who's it was??

grab it and get it fixed, then u got yourself a spare frame

[awesomninity]

Gotta make sure that you dont step oin someones toes by taking it down though - like if it is someones trophey im happy to leave it there

[awesomninity]

Gotta make sure that you dont step oin someones toes by taking it down though - like if it is someones trophey im happy to leave it there

[Grip]

Ive snapped a warp ds2, got it welded and it snapped again.

Case number 3287 that I've heard of and another example of why frames need to be REPAIRED PROPERLY... You CAN NOT JUST WELD UP A FRAME!!!!! Stop trying... don't go to "the local welding joint"... don't expect ANY $40 repair to last more than 5 minutes... stop being a bunch of tight arses and get it REPAIRED properly (no matter who you get to do it!)

So endeth the sermon... from the book of metals according to Saint Alloy, verse 3, chapter 12... amen.

[Grip]

Ive snapped a warp ds2, got it welded and it snapped again.

Case number 3287 that I've heard of and another example of why frames need to be REPAIRED PROPERLY... You CAN NOT JUST WELD UP A FRAME!!!!! Stop trying... don't go to "the local welding joint"... don't expect ANY $40 repair to last more than 5 minutes... stop being a bunch of tight arses and get it REPAIRED properly (no matter who you get to do it!)

So endeth the sermon... from the book of metals according to Saint Alloy, verse 3, chapter 12... amen.

[jays_5000]

lol...
deep breaths, deep breaths

[jays_5000]

lol...
deep breaths, deep breaths

[Rik]

*renames subject to "Grips promo thread"*
:lol:

[Rik]

*renames subject to "Grips promo thread"*
:lol:

[awesomninity]

Yeah, but grip - you cant forget the fun factor - to weld your own up just makes it even more your own - like when you snap your bike or even just break some part on your bike - doesnt it feel better to fix it yourself - instead of just being the breadwinner paying out money to let other people have all the fun?? You might not agree cause you actually fix the bikes, but even simple things like the other day i stuffed my rear hub and went down to the bike shop to get some things to fix it, and they're like "Nah, we dont recommend you doing it yourself", my friend and I did fix it (and we payed more on tools than a new hub costs) but it was fun - so i say boycott the bike shops - DIY!!!

[awesomninity]

Yeah, but grip - you cant forget the fun factor - to weld your own up just makes it even more your own - like when you snap your bike or even just break some part on your bike - doesnt it feel better to fix it yourself - instead of just being the breadwinner paying out money to let other people have all the fun?? You might not agree cause you actually fix the bikes, but even simple things like the other day i stuffed my rear hub and went down to the bike shop to get some things to fix it, and they're like "Nah, we dont recommend you doing it yourself", my friend and I did fix it (and we payed more on tools than a new hub costs) but it was fun - so i say boycott the bike shops - DIY!!!

[Grip]

*renames subject to "Grips promo thread"*
:lol:

Hmmm... thanks Rik... I needed that today like I needed a hole in the head (live_2_ride knows what I'm talking about there). Actually I really want people to know what is and isn't possible and AS I SAID IN MY POST "no matter who you get to do it!" So if my post sounded like a promo and annoyed you my apologies... I suppose it's a bit hard to give advice and opinions when people know what you do for a crust... I'll keep quiet now.

And "awesomninity" my main concern about DIY is the safety factor, but you're 100% right... gotta have some fun and there's nothing like DIY to learn and satisy
Cheers

[Grip]

*renames subject to "Grips promo thread"*
:lol:

Hmmm... thanks Rik... I needed that today like I needed a hole in the head (live_2_ride knows what I'm talking about there). Actually I really want people to know what is and isn't possible and AS I SAID IN MY POST "no matter who you get to do it!" So if my post sounded like a promo and annoyed you my apologies... I suppose it's a bit hard to give advice and opinions when people know what you do for a crust... I'll keep quiet now.

And "awesomninity" my main concern about DIY is the safety factor, but you're 100% right... gotta have some fun and there's nothing like DIY to learn and satisy
Cheers

[wombat]

Yeah, but grip - you cant forget the fun factor - to weld your own up just makes it even more your own - like when you snap your bike or even just break some part on your bike - doesnt it feel better to fix it yourself - instead of just being the breadwinner paying out money to let other people have all the fun?? You might not agree cause you actually fix the bikes, but even simple things like the other day i stuffed my rear hub and went down to the bike shop to get some things to fix it, and they're like "Nah, we dont recommend you doing it yourself", my friend and I did fix it (and we payed more on tools than a new hub costs) but it was fun - so i say boycott the bike shops - DIY!!!

Yeah, but there's a slight difference between rebuilding a hub and welding a head tube back on; for one, I'd say there's slightly less chance of ripping your face open on jagged metal if your hub packs it in....

[wombat]

Yeah, but grip - you cant forget the fun factor - to weld your own up just makes it even more your own - like when you snap your bike or even just break some part on your bike - doesnt it feel better to fix it yourself - instead of just being the breadwinner paying out money to let other people have all the fun?? You might not agree cause you actually fix the bikes, but even simple things like the other day i stuffed my rear hub and went down to the bike shop to get some things to fix it, and they're like "Nah, we dont recommend you doing it yourself", my friend and I did fix it (and we payed more on tools than a new hub costs) but it was fun - so i say boycott the bike shops - DIY!!!

Yeah, but there's a slight difference between rebuilding a hub and welding a head tube back on; for one, I'd say there's slightly less chance of ripping your face open on jagged metal if your hub packs it in....

[TREEHUGGER]

I started out with road bikes, first eva was shogun ninja into a traffic island at approx 50Kph (bent the frame a little)
then bought a vetta italia frame, day I paid it off I went up the arse of a removal van so lucky I didn't kill myself, thought the owner was going to though. (frame totally wasted) so I turned to mountain bikes.

If anyone can remember these (GT RTS) fractured downtube up near the steerer tube. (frame no good)
secondly the old sintesi xtr equipped bike from early 1990's (I only bought the frame) 1 slight fracture on weld between steerer tube & downtube, we got that fixed properly & I believe it still kicken around somewhere.
thirdly the worldforce downhill bike (people still reckon it was Chris kovarik's old frame) went out to wamuran one day to do some fireroad runs, hit this waterbar at least over 60Kph, bike shot across track at least 60 degree's to the right, into a tree (approx 90mm in diameter) tore it out of the ground (no-joke I have 2 witnesses to prove this, I even asked them to film me coming down the track before this happened, never happened though. Was a little dissappointed not to see it on film) Then about 6 Months later I raced Ipswich on this same bike & snapped it against the tree at the bottom of the drop off.

I know all this may sound unbelievable but I have at least the worldforce to still prove I broke it. I may still have one of the road bike frames but not to sure. :twisted:

[::RideSiK::]

i broken a moutnain bike (gary fisher joshua)
3 bmxers (2 s&ms and a redline )

[alexMc]

i snapped the cranks of and fractured the frame but it was a clean up bike so i guess i doesnt count

[roasted]

I cracked my frame by doing a four foot drop to flat knackerage. didn't realize until I snapped it off a gutter. ah well, It WAS only a cheap kona fire mountain. Now I have a roast frame. Yay!

[matty_2004]

- doesnt it feel better to fix it yourself -
Yeah.. but did it actually fix the frame? prob snap after another 5 mins of riding...

[naz]

giant atx 840(00'), norco one25 (03), n 1 mp3 player running into a pole :oops: , n just the other day popped my shoulder out doin a x-up :?

[GrubNut]

Well i snapped my old KHS frame at the top of the downtube. I was just riding along when i heard noises as i wiggled the handlebars from side to side.

I had just raced it at the nationals at Mt Buller and the bike was fully rigid This was in about 97. I was the only unsprung racer there. Amid the jeers of the onlookers at my puny equipment, i was having a wild bumby ride. My brakes didn't work either. What can you do when you're poor an keen?

Frame got fixed on warranty - so did brakes - cant complain.

[GrubNut]

Well i snapped my old KHS frame at the top of the downtube. I was just riding along when i heard noises as i wiggled the handlebars from side to side.

I had just raced it at the nationals at Mt Buller and the bike was fully rigid This was in about 97. I was the only unsprung racer there. Amid the jeers of the onlookers at my puny equipment, i was having a wild bumby ride. My brakes didn't work either. What can you do when you're poor an keen?

Frame got fixed on warranty - so did brakes - cant complain.

[bryn]

man, do you know what a fucking gravedig is ?

[CHEWY]

man, do you know what a fucking gravedig is ?

Respect your elders boy

[lotec]

WHOAH a DOUBLE POST gravedig lmao

[hardtail free rider]

snapped a 200 giant atx840 downtube...gotta love xc bikes

I snapped one of them too. Was pretty cool feeling at the time, i was like, hey i must ride so hard how cool am I. Then I got a Rainer on warranty & this time I snapped the chain stay learning to do some trials manuvers. This time warranty wasn't so gracious in giving me another frame (funny they must be able to tell when your lying, "no I don't do jumps on my bike" ;-)) anyways while I was saving for a new rig I borrowed my girlfriends brother's Giant Rincon & needless to say I eventually snapped it (sorry dude).

Now I just got to save a few quid and Mr GripSport is going to fix them up making them stronger than when they were new! :lol:

yeh i snapped my atx aswell...around the head tube

[bryn]

man, do you know what a fucking gravedig is ?

Respect your elders boy what's that sposed to mean ?

[bryn]

well chewy ?

[CHEWY]

man, do you know what a fucking gravedig is ?

Respect your elders boy what's that sposed to mean ?

Exactly what I said. Nothing more.

[BrumbyJack]

man, do you know what a fucking gravedig is ?

Respect your elders boy what's that sposed to mean ?

Exactly what I said. Nothing more.

Well I've already had my head chewed off already for replying to a thread that someone else dug up, so why not do it again.... :lol:

On one hand I got blasted for not doing a search on a common topic, but if you do and you dig it up you get blasted as well....

What gives kids????

BTW, Grip made a comment about the length of seatpost extended causing a cracked frame. What is the info on all that???

[andrew]

Well I've already had my head chewed off already for replying to a thread that someone else dug up, so why not do it again.... :lol:

On one hand I got blasted for not doing a search on a common topic, but if you do and you dig it up you get blasted as well....

What gives kids????


i believe its called a conundrum :lol:

[BrumbyJack]

Touche :wink:

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

[intense jonoooo]

yep i have snapped my gaint rainier 2002 :shock: and guess how?
I bunny-hoped up a gutter!! fair extreme! the headtube just fell off...

[wonderllama]

just wen i was starting riding , i had a mongoose rockadile y frame , i bent the in a few months, now i reckon my 125 of almost 2 years is about to go :(

[_J_]

man, do you know what a fucking gravedig is ?geez i wrote this post about 6 months ago on my old account! lol
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