Re: American Classic Seatpost Failure

On Nov 25, 12:22 pm, Ron Ruff <rruffrr...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
John Forrest Tomlinson wrote:
Just about everything eventually breaks - especially lightweight
stuff, so I wasn't especially concerned beyond checking my parts a
little more carefully from time to time and replacing some stuff
before I notice problems.

Very true. You can't expect bike parts to last forever, and you must
accept some responsibility in checking your equipment. If I sued the
manufacturer every time a part broke... well, I'd have a few lawsuits.
Most recently I had a Ritchey crank snap in two while sprinting... I
landed on the ground but wasn't hurt badly enough to worry about.

I do expect certain parts to last forever, but that is because I am
from a generation where certain parts did last forever, e.g., stems,
bars, seatposts, pedals. I have broken a half dozen cranks, and I
don't expect those to last forever. (I don't replace them
prophylactically, although I should replace my right crank arm (a
relatively new Ultegra) because it got scarred by my ortho boot when I
was riding after my leg FX.) I have broken seatposts (bolts), but
they were crappy fare from Weyless and Avocet, and all that happend
was that I slipped backwards (but didn't hit the wheel and rip up my
ass like Jobst's friend). I broke olde tyme pedals, but they had Ti
spindles back when Ti was a crap shoot. Otherwise, my bars,stems,
posts and steel pedals were bomb proof -- and bomb weight.

Nowadays, nothing is break-proof. I've broken pedals and bars from
good manufacturers. But, with that said, only those people who read
industry news or take the sport seriously understand that light weight
parts can break -- and most people (including most jurors) do not
expect products like seat posts, saddles, stems, bars to break, and
most do not understand that parts these days require more care and
feeding that parts of yore. -- Jay Beattie.
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