I think I won the award for "weirdest bike mechanical problem of the week".
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I think I won the award for "weirdest bike mechanical problem of the week". I'm not sure it's one I wanted to win.
Ended up walking a significant distance in bike shoes, adding an extra hour to my commute.
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I think I won the award for "weirdest bike mechanical problem of the week". I'm not sure it's one I wanted to win.
Ended up walking a significant distance in bike shoes, adding an extra hour to my commute.
@SRLevine Yikes! That is not a bolt that I would expect to fail.
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@forth It looks like it sheared basically straight through. Kind of wild.
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@forth It looks like it sheared basically straight through. Kind of wild.
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@Primavera @forth I think so? Could be aluminum, I'd have to check.
ETA: I mean the bracket, I think bolts are usually steel.
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@Primavera @forth I think so? Could be aluminum, I'd have to check.
ETA: I mean the bracket, I think bolts are usually steel.
@SRLevine @forth curiosity; yeah the brackets will be either Alum. or some other light alloy (Magnesium alloys sometimes also get used in these things)
the bolt itself will definitely be steel; I asked if it stainless because stainless steel hardware has some quirks and is often weaker than carbon steel stuff of the same dimensions. -
@SRLevine @forth curiosity; yeah the brackets will be either Alum. or some other light alloy (Magnesium alloys sometimes also get used in these things)
the bolt itself will definitely be steel; I asked if it stainless because stainless steel hardware has some quirks and is often weaker than carbon steel stuff of the same dimensions.@Primavera @forth That I'm less certain of, probably stainless because of the type of bike this is, but non-zero chance it was replaced at some point, so who knows.
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@Primavera @forth That I'm less certain of, probably stainless because of the type of bike this is, but non-zero chance it was replaced at some point, so who knows.
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