What’s wrong with this bike?

Posted on September 20, 2011 by .
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Here’s a photo of one of my old bikes. Can you see what’s wrong with it? I’ll tell you it feels really funny riding on that frame.


Broken bicycle panda portrait

Somebody actually paid me $20 cash for this frame and fork last year at a garage sale!



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  • http://twitter.com/Wuss912 Wuss912

    hacksaw?

  • http://www.cyclelicio.us/ Cyclelicious

    It weren’t a hacksaw that done that.

  • http://twitter.com/Wuss912 Wuss912

    so did you point out the damage before selling it? was that carbon fiber failing? how did you do that?

  • Andy

    Looks like it’s just missing a bit of duct tape and a cable tie.

  • dominicMD

    I would say shame on your for selling it?

  • http://www.cyclelicio.us/ Cyclelicious

    I was actually parting it out at the garage sale, but the dude *insisted* on buying the frame! I showed him the break and and everything.

  • http://www.cyclelicio.us/ Cyclelicious

    That’s a 22 year old CrMo steel frame that snapped, not carbon.  I was Just Riding Along when it happened.

  • http://www.cyclelicio.us/ Cyclelicious

    I thought about doing exactly that, and maybe jamming a stick inside too.

  • FixSprinklersToday.com

    So, I wonder if the dude was planning on getting more than $20 for the steel at a recycling place.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=694496665 Susan Jones

    Good to know that spontaneous snappage can happen… my Cro-Moly Giant hybrid is approaching 22 years.  (Egads.)

    Once or twice we’ve had people come by the bike project looking for  a bike frame for something for art… not to ride.