@ascentale @xtaran @bikenite Oh, right- I grenaded a rear hub. Got it to spin in both directions, and on disassembly found I’d both broken the ratchet ring AND ALSO broken every single place a pawl was mounted in the freehub. Just a wild failure mode. #bikenite

@ascentale @xtaran @bikenite A2: I’ve snapped half a dozen bb spindles, a front axel, and once exploded an Mtb shift pod with my knee. I twisted (along the long axis) a set of cranks. Broke a seatpost clamp, bent saddle rails, and have snapped two frames and ovalized the bb shell of a third. I’ve bent half a dozen brake rotors.
These are what I remember. I’m sure there are bins of cooked parts in the garage that I don’t recall.
#bikenite

@teruterubozu I always work from home, and today was still a lot.

@teruterubozu I was very, very tired yesterday afternoon. It’s just so many people and so much filtering and so much generally.

@adamrice @pete Thos hubs are neat. Kinda heavy for the price, but the silent-in-use-thing is neat. I rode a pair a little bit- the engagement is really fast, but also feels kinda… spongy? Like, it totally doesn’t matter in practice, but it’s an odd feeling nonetheless.

@benbrown Time for some Museum Wax, maybe?

@teruterubozu I’m always surprised at how few here are on mastodon. But my appetite for social media of this type has clearly atrophied since the “good old days” and I have to imagine that true for others, too.

@teruterubozu You are not. #nercomp26

@CoachMark Even cooler, then.

@CoachMark That’s a Red-Headed, right? Gorgeous.