in Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States - photo by afclsn

broke my axle at both ends - bike mechanic said he'd never seen any one do that before

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Album: broken
Category: Broken Bikes/Parts
Date Posted: Nov 10, 2012 at 15:47
Nov 10, 2012
Location: Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States

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Camera

Panasonic DMC-TS3

Shutter Speed

1/8

Aperture

3.3

Focal Length

4.9 mm

ISO Speed

1250

Date

2012:10:20

Time

17:47:20

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pedalsanpixels (Nov 11, 2012 at 10:32)

I did the same twice then snapped one. (its in my pictures) didn't relies cus it only banged or ticked, so i kept riding it :S the only thing holding it all together was my quick release :L

afclsn (Nov 12, 2012 at 9:34)

Yeah, It's hard to tell from the pic but the axle is snapped at both ends (the only thing holding it together is the quick release)... the only reason why I noticed was that the was the quick release bent caused my disc to jam against the break pads, locking the wheel, sending me over the handlebars (into a small tree)

that's the third axle I snapped in like 6 months

pedalsanpixels (Nov 12, 2012 at 10:56)

Ohhh I see it now haha Yeah use 20mms on my Dh bike and 14mm BMX hubs on my street bike

GoRideYoBike (Nov 11, 2012 at 6:02)

I did that three times last summer, then I moved over to a 20mm maxle