http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Cyclist Down - Newbridge en Wed, 13 May 2026 02:10:21 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17902#post-254800 Mon, 10 Jul 2017 19:46:12 +0000 chdot 254800@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"What gives?"</p> <p>Everything, eventually.</p> <p>(Even steel!)</p> <p>Not sure this is the thread for such material failures (or suggestions of). </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17902#post-254797 Mon, 10 Jul 2017 19:31:21 +0000 I were right about that saddle 254797@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I live and learn. Odd they're allowed to be sold at all.</p> <p><a href="https://sram-cdn-pull-zone-gsdesign.netdna-ssl.com/cdn/farfuture/AFUVbS5GYJ-LkEXPM5peSsdW7vVwmQMrqTSzFfiOktY/mtime:1443217268/sites/default/files/techdocs/gen.0000000005018_rev_a_2016_paragon_service_manual_0.pdf">That's the service manual for my fork</a>. Alloy steerer tube, no mention of likely failure in the inspection regime;</p> <p><strong>Service Interval Information</strong></p> <p>Clean dirt and debris from upper tubes Every ride<br /> Check air pressure Every ride<br /> Inspect upper tubes for scratches Every ride<br /> Check front suspension fasteners for proper torque 25 hours<br /> Remove lowers, clean/inspect bushings and change oil bath 50 hours<br /> Clean and lubricate air shaft assembly 100 hours<br /> Change oil in damping system 100 hours</p> <p>What gives? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17902#post-254795 Mon, 10 Jul 2017 19:26:22 +0000 jules878 254795@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Pertinent to "helmet thread"? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17902#post-254794 Mon, 10 Jul 2017 19:07:27 +0000 Cyclops 254794@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Yes, aluminium steerers should be considered of as disposable items with a limited lifespan, even more so if you've got a big stack of spacers on them. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17902#post-254793 Mon, 10 Jul 2017 18:37:06 +0000 ARobComp 254793@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I've seen it happen on aluminium bikes a couple times @IWRATS. First was a old uni friend who was riding his bike down bruntsfield links and lifted his front wheel to manual the speed bumps, at which point his front forks just fell out. He lost part of his ear if I remember rightly. The other was an aluminium BMX that had been sat outside for too long. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17902#post-254763 Mon, 10 Jul 2017 11:42:08 +0000 I were right about that saddle 254763@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Big up for CCE.</p> <p><em>front fork snapping in two inside the bike frame</em></p> <p>Good lord. That shouldn't happen. Carbon fibre presumably? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17902#post-254762 Mon, 10 Jul 2017 11:38:16 +0000 chdot 254762@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>By email -</p> <p>Hi,</p> <p>I am not registered on the site but do check it every day for local updates. </p> <p>On Friday a work colleague and friend of mine who cycles didn’t turn up for work and hadn’t contacted anyone. On the off chance something had happened I checked the forum and someone, I can’t remember their name sorry, had posted about a cyclist being down at Newbridge. This allowed us to target our search and it turned out after contact with the police that this was indeed my friend.</p> <p>Just wanted to thank the forum and let you know he is ok, it appears to have been a mechanical failure (front fork snapping in two inside the bike frame). He spent Friday night in the ERI. Has a few stitches around his eye and some facial fractures. A further scan today revealed a fractured skull so once the swelling goes down he will be getting a plate fitted a week today. Would’ve been much worse had he not been wearing his helmet.</p> <p>Thank you to all again.</p> <p>Can I also register for the forum, I’m a reader not a poster but the power and value of the forum can’t be underestimated as it helped us find him.</p> <p>" </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17902#post-254611 Fri, 07 Jul 2017 08:48:58 +0000 CycleCommute.CC 254611@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Passed an ambulance attending someone just before the Newbridge roundabout this morning. I assume it was a cyclist as they were in shorts and there was a bike on the ground beside them.</p> <p>It was on the approach from Broxburn direction and looked pretty bad. There were quite a few people around and a car and van on the verge. Hopefully not as bad as it looked and they make a quick recovery. </p>