I lost four spokes on my morning commute when the chain decided to jump off the big cog. Of course I don’t have a spoke protector. (Who needs a dork disc? Bad things won’t happen if you keep your bike maintained. /s) I was lucky to skid to a stop rather than crash when the rear wheel locked up.
PSA: keep a few zip ties in your repair kit.
What a bummer! This looks like you impaled your hand with half a dozen spokes
Yeah, that happens. Next time wear gloves. ;)
I love that all it takes to stop people from using something helpful is give it a shameful alliterative name like “dork disc” 😅
I had one broken spoke in around 40 years of cycling. I always thought it was basically impossible to break them, even if the bike is 20+ years old. I guess you just need the right (wrong?) circumstances…
I’ve seen what a splintered carbon arrow can do, and for a very short moment I thought the image was actually showing something like that. Still sucks, though.
I didn’t know this was a thing. I’ve never lost a single spoke. But then I buy cheap stuff that isn’t hyper engineered to the tightest specs.
Honestly if they broke that easily it was only a matter of time before a big shock to the rear wheel did the same thing
Who needs a dork disc? Bad things won’t happen if you keep your bike maintained. /s
When was the last time you indexed / adjusted your derailleur?
I’m sure it’s been years. I tell myself I maintain my bikes well, but I’ll be honest: I usually ride it 'till something breaks. I was asking for this one.
Yeah. I wasn’t sure whether you’re mocking people maintaining their bikes or yourself there. I think doing a quick tightening of your screws, oiling / waxing your chain and adjusting your derailleur are kinda the main things you want to do, especially if the bike was standing around for a while (even more so if stored outside where the temps fluctuate even more).
Oof. You definitely were taking a risk with that drive train. I’m glad the worst of it is a few broken spokes.
That’s clearly have a working bike, not some sort of weekend roadie show piece. Put a dork disk on there! There isn’t any shame in favoring function over form.
Awesome call-out on zip ties. They’re the duct tape of the bike world.
One small thing I noticed is how your fender and rack are mounted. It’s fine to share a single eyelet to mount both, but it’s best to mount in the order of frame, rack, fender, washer, and bolt. That ordering shortens the cantilever of the rack load, a much higher load than a fender, on the bolt.
I have a 50 or 52 on the back of my bike and its a decent amount bigger than any dork disc I’ve ever seen. They seem to only go up to 34 and I have been thinking of 3d printing one that matches my colour scheme.
Thanks for the zip ties tip !
I love the satisfaction when something goes wrong on a ride and you’re prepared for it. I came off my bike a few months ago and scraped up my elbow pretty bad. Despite the mild concussion I remember being quite excited to be able to patch myself up in the field, hahaha.
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Good reference on the title. Zip ties to the rescue
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