My Morning Commute
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@jabberwocky 69836 wrote:
My main issue with steel is I’ve ended up breaking almost every steel frame I’ve ever owned (including my fancy custom steel mountainbike, which I’ve broken twice).
Hmm, maybe bikes aren’t for you. Have you considered a hobby horse?
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@hozn 69838 wrote:
I think bikes just break — especially when ridden off-road.
Dunno, one of my aluminum bikes stood up to several years of this sort of thing ok.
@mstone 69846 wrote:
Hmm, maybe bikes aren’t for you. Have you considered a hobby horse?
I have on several occasions been called a horses ass, so perhaps thats a bit more my speed.
@hozn 69838 wrote:
Yeah, I guess I’m in a similar boat. I’ve broken a steel mtb frame (though I have another one now) and have broken a ti cx frame, but haven’t broken an aluminum frame (granted, I only owned one–my first mtb–for a couple years) or carbon (but also on my first carbon frame this year). Maybe steel is not better
I think bikes just break — especially when ridden off-road.Maybe I wouldn’t mind a carbon commuter (Foundry Auger!), but I do love my ti commuter! Ah, what a tough life
What do ya’ll do to your bikes? In 50 years of riding, I’ve never broken a bike frame. I came close when I t-boned a car that rolled through a stop sign back when I rode on sidewalks in my misspent youth. The front fork bent a little as did the top tube, but the bike worked fine. Luckily it was stolen a couple months later and I could get a slightly better bike.
@consularrider 69854 wrote:
What do ya’ll do to your bikes? In 50 years of riding, I’ve never broken a bike frame. I came close when I t-boned a car that rolled through a stop sign back when I rode on sidewalks in my misspent youth. The front fork bent a little as did the top tube, but the bike worked fine. Luckily it was stolen a couple months later and I could get a slightly better bike.
In my case, I was just riding along. I was totally surprised it happened. And while I know that it happens, I’ve been surprised how many others have reported also having frames break. My frame shows nothing other than the slightest bit of superficial rust, and that is all on parts of the frame nowhere near the break. I do not hop curbs or anything of the sort. In my case, the pop that turned out to the breaking of the frame occurred ***gasp*** as I rode over the ~4″ drainage grate that crosses the Crystal City Connector Trail on the airport side of the bike/ped only tunnel, not exactly a jarring impact for a mountain bike frame riding on 2″ tires. Guess it was just a case of $#!T happening to an almost 20 year old frame, though I assume rough riding would increase the likelihood of failure.
Yeah, I don’t know. I have only broken two frames, both mountain biking. The first was a single speed just being ridden a lot (not sure what did it, just found it was cracked when I took off the crankset one day). The second just a cross bike being ridden in Lake Fairfax. (That seemed defective; they replaced it under warranty.)
That friend that I mentioned broke the carbon frame has broken at least 5 other mountain bike frames (aluminum, ti) … so I figure 2 is doing great!
@TwoWheelsDC 69921 wrote:
APD is at it again and I’m certainly not going to complain!
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What I could not figure out was who the message board was targeting. It said “High Ped Accident Area – Only cross with signal.” Since only pedestrians have a signal, were they encouraging pedestrians to be safer?
@TwoWheelsDC 69968 wrote:
Agree that the traffic impact should be zilch, but it is extremely common for people to get in the left turn lane for WB Lee and continue straight into the turn lane for the GWMP (where the officer is parked). Illegal as that is, I’m not sure why APD would go out of their way to enforce it, so I’m wondering if there’s something else going on.
I just deflated thinking that the recent enforcement hasn’t been about the crosswalk, but about stopping cars from illegally going straight from the left-only-onto-Lee to the left-only-to-the-GWMP.
Did anyone see ACPD actually stop cars that had blown through the crosswalk? Or stop anyone? (I’ve seen cars stopped, but not the behavior that led to the stop).*Just realized that they might also be looking for new decals… UGH*
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