"Share safety tips for motorized bicycles. Some of these bicycle engines will reach great speeds and need respect."
Yet even with respect, sometimes stuff happens. Fasteners fail, mistakes are made and metal and flesh get twisted. With that in mind I figured I'd start a thread so others can learn from the pain and pennies spent. This is where the carnage goes, any pictures you have of cracked frames, fender failures, gutted and bent rims, anything broken, bent and bashed goes here. No need for excuses, it's not about blame - it's all about sharing the pain so others can avoid it.
I'll start the ball rollin' with a few of my own... interestingly, it's been all front wheel disasters
1: Lend a bike to a friend and this is what happens when he hits a pothole with cheesy single wall rims.
Entire front of bike wasted, walk home, minor roadrash, $200 for replacement bike of same model, weekend lost to rebuild;
2: Forget a dab of loctite = loose five spokes when yer brake adjuster jumps into the front wheel.
Rim bent, walk home, no injury except pride, $20 relaced and trued, weekend lost;
3: Run out-of-true scrap pile wheels, add another pothole (friend's bike).
Rim collapse, bent forks & bars, destroyed fenders, bashed fuel tank, trip to hospital for oral stitches, bike written off to build another, more than $1000 hospital bill, more than a month lost due to concussion & new build;
Lessons learned? Beware single wall rims, use loctite, maintain & replace spokes... oh yeah - and don't lend a MB to a friend lol
Yet even with respect, sometimes stuff happens. Fasteners fail, mistakes are made and metal and flesh get twisted. With that in mind I figured I'd start a thread so others can learn from the pain and pennies spent. This is where the carnage goes, any pictures you have of cracked frames, fender failures, gutted and bent rims, anything broken, bent and bashed goes here. No need for excuses, it's not about blame - it's all about sharing the pain so others can avoid it.
I'll start the ball rollin' with a few of my own... interestingly, it's been all front wheel disasters
1: Lend a bike to a friend and this is what happens when he hits a pothole with cheesy single wall rims.
Entire front of bike wasted, walk home, minor roadrash, $200 for replacement bike of same model, weekend lost to rebuild;
2: Forget a dab of loctite = loose five spokes when yer brake adjuster jumps into the front wheel.
Rim bent, walk home, no injury except pride, $20 relaced and trued, weekend lost;
3: Run out-of-true scrap pile wheels, add another pothole (friend's bike).
Rim collapse, bent forks & bars, destroyed fenders, bashed fuel tank, trip to hospital for oral stitches, bike written off to build another, more than $1000 hospital bill, more than a month lost due to concussion & new build;
Lessons learned? Beware single wall rims, use loctite, maintain & replace spokes... oh yeah - and don't lend a MB to a friend lol
