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From: JonH🍕
Carbon I guess.? When 2 & 3 visited before Xmas they brought my steel road bike. Fitting the front wheel I noticed the fork slots were too close together and the wheel hub wouldn't fit. Turns out the left fork had bent inwards during baggage handling. Wrapped a towel around the fork, put it between the metal bar of the Meurtrière and bent back into line using the frame as leverage. Then I started having issues with the rear mech catching the spokes. New derailleur and it still happened in low gear uphill. This time I see the frame stay which holds the derailleur is bent inwards ever so slightly. Back into shape with a long adjustable spanner I use for the Gaz bottles. Steel see. Carbon just cracks.

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Pogacar's win on Sat was very fortunate......[more]	Free Thinking Doggie	12:12:03
>> Seems they are very fragile these days.	Free Thinking Doggie	12:58:49
>> Carbon I guess.?...[more]	JonH🍕	15:57:14
>> To a lesser extent, Al frames are also prone to cracks....[more]	JonH🍕	16:16:43
>> I bought a Dawes Galaxy years ago......[more]	Free Thinking Doggie	18:21:21
>> And then some scumbag nicked it.	Free Thinking Doggie	18:33:47
>> So when I left for UK in Jan, I bought a steel chain and padlock to ... [more]	JonH🍕	19:15:51
>> Raynolds 531 frame that was.	Free Thinking Doggie	18:25:00
>> Is character building schlepping all that steel up a mountain.	JonH🍕	16:18:23
>> Yup.	Free Thinking Doggie	18:29:00

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