ouch!

http://www.velonews.com/images/news/9076.13096.f.jpg

When I first looked at the picture, I thought I saw a kickstand, which would
mean it is a posed picture. However, I think that dark line is his chain,
which means that this poor guy is flapping at both ends.

"Llatikcuf" wrote:

http://www.velonews.com/images/news/9076.13096.f.jpg

Is it my imagination, or is the top half of the headset going along
for the ride? That can't have ended well...

Mark Hickey
Habanero Cycles
http://www.habcycles.com
Home of the $795 ti frame

"Mark Hickey" wrote in message
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"Llatikcuf" wrote:

http://www.velonews.com/images/news/9076.13096.f.jpg

Is it my imagination, or is the top half of the headset going along
for the ride? That can't have ended well...

Mark Hickey
Habanero Cycles
http://www.habcycles.com
Home of the $795 ti frame


The guy's racing XC on a rigid fork and the steerer snapped, looks like.
That's insane.

Leo Lichtman wrote:
When I first looked at the picture, I thought I saw a kickstand, which would
mean it is a posed picture. However, I think that dark line is his chain,
which means that this poor guy is flapping at both ends.

Agreed. Double ouch.

It looks to me like a quill stem - what do others think?

So does that mean his steerer column separated somewhere in the threaded
section?

Mark

Llatikcuf wrote:
http://www.velonews.com/images/news/9076.13096.f.jpg

See? Threaded headsets are DEADLY!

--
Phil, Squid-in-Training

someone writes:

http://www.velonews.com/images/news/9076.13096.f.jpg

That's what I love about carbon steer tubes, but why did his chain
fall off at the same time?

Jobst Brandt

Mark Janeba wrote:
Leo Lichtman wrote:

When I first looked at the picture, I thought I saw a kickstand, which
would mean it is a posed picture. However, I think that dark line is
his chain, which means that this poor guy is flapping at both ends.


Agreed. Double ouch.

It looks to me like a quill stem - what do others think?

So does that mean his steerer column separated somewhere in the threaded
section?

Mark


I bet he reemed it out to fit a 22.2 mm stem in there

--
Paul M. Hobson
Georgia Institute of Technology
..:change the words to numbers
if you want to reply to me:.

wrote:
someone writes:

http://www.velonews.com/images/news/9076.13096.f.jpg

That's what I love about carbon steer tubes, but why did his chain
fall off at the same time?

Jobst Brandt

Look at his tires. The front is quite compressed and the rear is off
the ground. I assume he just same off a jump, which explains the stem
and the tires. I seem to recall my chain doing stupid things on jumps
with *mart mountain bikes as a kid, but someone with more experience
will need to confirm this theory.

--
Paul M. Hobson
Georgia Institute of Technology
..:change the words to numbers
if you want to reply to me:.

wrote:
someone writes:

http://www.velonews.com/images/news/9076.13096.f.jpg

That's what I love about carbon steer tubes, but why did his chain
fall off at the same time?

That's not a carbon steerer tube. It's a threaded headset.

His chain didn't fall off. If you bothered to look at the picture with more
than a cursory glance, you'll notice that the chain is still wrapped around
the small chainring. As Paul H mentioned, it's post-jump, as is the
following photo I recently took with the same phenomenon present.

http://plaza.ufl.edu/phillee/cr/chain.jpg

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Phil, Squid-in-Training