I doubt this was a steel bike

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Jim Thill - Hiawatha Cyclery

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Jul 31, 2012, 10:30:55 AM7/31/12
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This guy works just a few blocks from my shop. I'll be curious to see if any details emerge, but it SOUNDS like a case of chain suck causing a rear triangle to break off (or vice versa). I'm guessing he wasn't on a Bombadil or LHT!

PATRICK MOORE

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Jul 31, 2012, 12:03:11 PM7/31/12
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Ouch! Damn!
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islaysteve

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Jul 31, 2012, 12:09:35 PM7/31/12
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Well good for him anyway!   Jim, I'm sure that you can fix him up with a suitable replacement.

Peter Morgano

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Jul 31, 2012, 12:15:35 PM7/31/12
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I dunno, call me a quitter but I would have packed it in rather than going crazy looking for any bike you can find to finish a voluntary ride.  Then again I think STRAVA is pretty silly too, but to each his own. He should keep a spare set of rollerblades to finish next time, haha.

Marc Schwartz

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Jul 31, 2012, 12:38:34 PM7/31/12
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Well, he only had a little way left to go...but I know how shaken up I would have been upon looking down and seeing only half a bike underneath me!

Better Living With Plastics!

Marc
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I dunno, call me a quitter but I would have packed it in rather than going crazy looking for any bike you can find to finish a voluntary ride. Then again I think STRAVA is pretty silly too, but to each his own. He should keep a spare set of rollerblades to finish next time, haha.

On Tue, Jul 31, 2012 at 12:03 PM, PATRICK MOORE <bert...@gmail.com<mailto:bert...@gmail.com>> wrote:
Ouch! Damn!

On Tue, Jul 31, 2012 at 8:30 AM, Jim Thill - Hiawatha Cyclery
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> http://m.startribune.com/local/?id=164269026&c=y
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> This guy works just a few blocks from my shop. I'll be curious to see if any details emerge, but it SOUNDS like a case of chain suck causing a rear triangle to break off (or vice versa). I'm guessing he wasn't on a Bombadil or LHT!
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William

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Jul 31, 2012, 2:44:26 PM7/31/12
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Just don't propagate the falsehood that it can't be fixed!  :)

Jim Thill - Hiawatha Cyclery

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Jul 31, 2012, 3:20:57 PM7/31/12
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Don't worry William. I'm actually of the opinion that (most of the time) steel bikes can't be fixed either, at least not in an economical, sensible way.

Joe Bernard

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Aug 1, 2012, 1:41:08 PM8/1/12
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Steel bikes aren't known to snap in two when they drop a chain.
 
Joe Bernard
Vallejo, CA.
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