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Cautionary crash tale

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  • September 5, 2015 at 10:51 am #24744
    barbarus

    My front wheel parted company with my fork this morning, leaving me to do the braking with my shoulder, hip hands and the front fork dropouts.

    The irony is, as a user of disc brakes I’d replaced the qr skewers with halo Allen bolt jobs to try to prevent the wheel pulling out under braking.

    Earlier on the ride I’d heard a bit of rattling from the front. My ride had taken me over a lot of crappy chip seal surfaces and I assumed my mudguards had worked loose again. Anyway, I was nearly home and trying to get back quickly so… I ignored the rattle. I assume now that the noise was my front wheel rattling in the dropouts. So when I took the final corner, off the main road, I found myself on the floor.

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  • September 12, 2015 at 11:07 pm #858891
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    CapriciousZephyr

    drmatthewhardy wrote:Why on

    drmatthewhardy wrote:
    Why on earth didn’t they put the caliper on the front of the fork?

    That way it would only push harder into the dropout.

    The position behind the fork is style over substance.

    Cotic briefly did this on their Roadrat a couple of years ago (third item down on this page).

    I think it looks pretty cool, but they seem to have switched to thru-axles and the usual left-side placement now, blowing away their professed concern regarding simplifying mud-guard mounting with a right-side-mounted brake. So yes, clearly style over sensible engineering, whatever they might claim.

    September 12, 2015 at 10:29 pm #858889
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    barbarus

    I have to say; this is really
    I have to say; this is really only a problem if you are, like me, foolish enough to not tighten up your skewers properly. I don’t think it’s a design fault.

    September 12, 2015 at 9:44 pm #858887
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    matthewn5

    Why on earth didn’t they put
    Why on earth didn’t they put the caliper on the front of the fork?

    That way it would only push harder into the dropout.

    The position behind the fork is style over substance.

    September 10, 2015 at 6:34 pm #858885
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    PonteD

    Flying Scot wrote:Disc wheels

    Flying Scot wrote:
    Disc wheels pulling out the forks is a well known phenomena.

    Spin the wheel with a loose QR and see what happens….and then wonder who the hell decided on the industry standard calliper location….

    Google James Annan disc brakes or something similar.


    I’ve had the wheels walking out of the lugs on braking, but thankfully never had the wheel disengage. I have to do my skewers up super tight to stop any noticeable movement.

    Discs should be thru axle as standard IMO.

    September 10, 2015 at 2:35 pm #858883
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    graybags

    or get a thru axle !
    or get a thru axle !

    September 8, 2015 at 8:23 pm #858881
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    Flying Scot

    Disc wheels pulling out the
    Disc wheels pulling out the forks is a well known phenomena.

    Spin the wheel with a loose QR and see what happens….and then wonder who the hell decided on the industry standard calliper location….

    Google James Annan disc brakes or something similar.

    September 8, 2015 at 12:15 pm #858879
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    Daveyraveygravey

    Chasmundo wrote:Helpful

    Chasmundo wrote:
    Helpful reminder to check those creaks and rattles. Recently I thought I had a squeaky BB that would last a few more miles – until my left crank departed abruptly. Get well soon!

    My squeaky BB turned out to be my rear wheel QR not being done up properly. I’d just spent hours grinding up a mountain in Italy with it creaking away like granny’s rocking chair, my early start meaning I didn’t have to look away from all the serious Italian cyclists in embarrassment as they hadn’t started yet. I found it when the puncture happened on the descent after I crashed through a pothole and the lever almost flipped open before I pushed it. Thanks local bike shop!!!

    September 8, 2015 at 6:23 am #858877
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    CXR94Di2

    Put them in a vice, sorted
    Put them in a vice, sorted đŸ˜€

    September 7, 2015 at 11:05 pm #858875
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    barbarus

    Like so many people I’ve been
    Like so many people I’ve been using discs on MTB with normal qrs for ages so I don’t think pulling the front wheel out under braking is a general risk… Unless your skewers aren’t done up!

    Weirdly I didn’t feel like the wheel was loose but there was certainly a rattle. Now in the market for a new fork, my old one looks like this

    September 7, 2015 at 12:28 pm #858873
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    ChasM

    Helpful reminder to check
    Helpful reminder to check those creaks and rattles. Recently I thought I had a squeaky BB that would last a few more miles – until my left crank departed abruptly. Get well soon!

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