I went over a bump and....

Brucey · Post by **Brucey** » 23 Jun 2015, 4:15pm

This afternoon, I went over a bump (on my roadster) and suddenly the steering was a bit, well, different...

Anyone care to speculate as to what had happened?

I will reveal the actual events tomorrow morning; in the meantime, happy guessing!

cheers

pwa · Post by **pwa** » 23 Jun 2015, 4:19pm

Quill stem turned in the steerer tube, leaving the bars facing sideways and the wheel facing forwards? It happened to me when I was in my teens, causing laundry issues.

AlaninWales · Post by **AlaninWales** » 23 Jun 2015, 4:23pm

pwa wrote:Quill stem turned in the steerer tube, leaving the bars facing sideways and the wheel facing forwards? It happened to me when I was in my teens, causing laundry issues.

Happened to me in my thirties, whilst overtaking a line of cars (practice as a kid riding 'hands free' paid off as I was able to steer back through the traffic and pull over - although stopping without transferring weight forward was 'interesting'). Was a new bike that had been threaded too far down the stem.

mig · Post by **mig** » 23 Jun 2015, 4:25pm

quill stem nose bolt sheared.

Merry_Wanderer · Post by **Merry_Wanderer** » 23 Jun 2015, 5:38pm

Stem rotated on steerer tube?

[XAP]Bob · Post by **[XAP]Bob** » 23 Jun 2015, 5:58pm

One side of the bars 'came off in my hand m'Lud'

andrewjoseph · Post by **andrewjoseph** » 23 Jun 2015, 7:28pm

one side of the fork sheared?

andrew_s · Post by **andrew_s** » 23 Jun 2015, 7:49pm

rear dropout/chainstay joint failed, adding rear wheel steering into the mix

Post by **Mick F** » 23 Jun 2015, 8:10pm

Stem broke.
Happened to me as a teenager, and I jammed the thing back in and rode home.

Audax67 · Post by **Audax67** » 23 Jun 2015, 9:42pm

You're still here, Brucey, so it wasn't too dire. Glad of that.

NATURAL ANKLING · Post by **NATURAL ANKLING** » 23 Jun 2015, 9:50pm

Hi,
Front axel broke.

Merry_Wanderer · Post by **Merry_Wanderer** » 23 Jun 2015, 10:02pm

Front wheel parted company with the forks?

NATURAL ANKLING · Post by **NATURAL ANKLING** » 23 Jun 2015, 10:36pm

Hi,
At least we got away from the steerer :mrgreen:

PDQ · Post by **PDQ** » 23 Jun 2015, 10:41pm

You had a minor stroke?

Brucey · Post by **Brucey** » 23 Jun 2015, 10:50pm

PDQ wrote:You had a minor stroke?

it is an interesting notion, but it was a bike problem, not a Brucey problem! It could easily have turned into a Brucey problem though....

Audax67 wrote:You're still here, Brucey, so it wasn't too dire. Glad of that.

it could have been a lot worse than it turned out..... I shall tell all tomorrow...

cheers

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