bustedcarbon.com

Marko1962

I have found a brilliant blog over at http://www.bustedcarbon.com/ as you can guess its all about carbon bikes that come a cropper, I don't know if Im being a bit childish but seeing someone at the side of the road looking down at a broken crank arm still attached to his cleat had me in a fit of giggles, it's not funny really but it is :oops:



On your tea break this blog is well worth a browse...

DomPro

Nice find Marko ! Makes me feel better about my Alu frame.

dennisn

Guess that says something for metal. Seems like carbon things that break do so with a bit
more finality than metal. Or is it that they just look worse when they break?

DavidBelcher

DomPro wrote:

Nice find Marko ! Makes me feel better about my Alu frame.

Don't forget their "No Carbon Wednesday" feature, though, reminding us that all frame materials have a bad day at the office now & then.....

David

Anonymous

Damn, you've discovered the source of all the recent pictures of broken bikes I've been posting

andyp

DomPro wrote:

Nice find Marko ! Makes me feel better about my Alu frame.

I wouldn't. Components and frames break, regardless of the material they're made from. This site could easily have a rival called www.bustedalloy.com which would probably have more source material to work with.

downfader

I think I still have some pics of my old Fairfax that busted along the chain stays last year. Hit a pothole and CRACK.

markos1963

Marko1962 wrote:

I have found a brilliant blog over at http://www.bustedcarbon.com/ as you can guess its all about carbon bikes that come a cropper, I don't know if Im being a bit childish but seeing someone at the side of the road looking down at a broken crank arm still attached to his cleat had me in a fit of giggles, it's not funny really but it is :oops:



On your tea break this blog is well worth a browse...

Interesting picture, was out on a club ride a few weeks ago when one of the group wobbled across the road with, you guessed it, a crank arm attatched to his foot! We all said the same thing 'Never seen that before'

mercsport

That picture reminds me of the times , in the last couple of decades , where I've been helpless at the side of the road with broken bikes cheerfully waving to passing fellow cyclists who blithely ignore my plight as they pedal on , or , at best , give a perfunctory nod . I seem to recollect - in an age long ago - when most any pedaller would've stopped to see if they could lend a hand .

Fortunately I wear spd'd mtb shoes so walking home isn't so painful .

Here - to recycle a previously posted pic' of mine - is a pic' of my last breakage , a ti ' frame , upon which I managed to cycle , panniered up , 30 + miles out of the Brecons to Mumbles :

downfader

mercsport wrote:

That picture reminds me of the times , in the last couple of decades , where I've been helpless at the side of the road with broken bikes cheerfully waving to passing fellow cyclists who blithely ignore my plight as they pedal on , or , at best , give a perfunctory nod . I seem to recollect - in an age long ago - when most any pedaller would've stopped to see if they could lend a hand .

Fortunately I wear spd'd mtb shoes so walking home isn't so painful .

Here - to recycle a previously posted pic' of mine - is a pic' of my last breakage , a ti ' frame , upon which I managed to cycle , panniered up , 30 + miles out of the Brecons to Mumbles :

I think there was one like that in the CTC mag. The guy used 3 cheap spanners and 4 cable ties to hold his frame in the same way and completed his journey on it.