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Kicked my own bike wheel in frustration at a trailhead near Boulder
I was out on a group ride last Saturday and my rear derailleur started ghost shifting on a climb, so I yanked the shifter cable too hard and snapped it clean off the anchor bolt. Had to walk two miles back to the car while everyone waited, and that's when I stopped hating on indexed shifting and started treating cables like a wear item I actually budget for. Anybody else ever wreck something simple because you thought it was tougher than it is?
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the_spencer8h ago
Oh man that hits close to home. A buddy of mine did something SIMILARLY dumb but with his dropper post lever. He was messing with the cable tension on the trail, trying to get it perfect, and he torqued that little hex bolt so hard it snapped right off inside the lever body. He spent the next 45 minutes trying to get the broken piece out with a pocket knife and a twig while we all just stood there watching. He ended up having to ride the whole rest of the day with the post slammed and his knees hitting his chest on every climb. The REAL kicker was he had a BRAND NEW lever in his car at the trailhead the whole time. He just didn't want to admit he bought a backup before the ride because he had a feeling he'd break something. Some lessons are just EXPENSIVE and you gotta learn them the hard way I guess.
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