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> It has not left me stranded Not much different than a mech cable snapping or the derailleur not being adjusted correctly by a tiny set screw and the chain en
by latchkey 4y ago
> It has not left me stranded
Not much different than a mech cable snapping or the derailleur not being adjusted correctly by a tiny set screw and the chain ending up in your spokes.
Shit has catastrophic failures... that's never going to stop being a problem.
- sasawpg 4y agoMech cable snapping vs forgetting to charge the battery? Yes, end user error with the battery, but I’ve had exactly 0 cables snap and I put my bikes through hell.
- latchkey 4y agoI've had a cable snap in a race.
- sasawpg 4y agoI just watched a NorCal video where guy had to spend all race in little ring because it snapped at the start line. Ouch!
- wmitty 4y agoAs long as you have access to a phillips screwdriver, you aren't stuck in the little ring - you can tighten the high limit screw to pick your one gear (at least from the higher ones).
- sasawpg 4y ago(Replying to wmitty) it happened to him at the start line. His choice was between DNS or little ring.
- skeeter2020 4y agoI've never had a rear derailleur cable "snap"; they stretch, fray and may eventually break right at the pinch point but these are either slow delays with obvious warnings or easily fixed on the trail. Compared to a connectivity or battery issue? They don't have nearly as high of likelyhood.
- sasawpg 4y agoI’ve seen cable breaks happen, though not frequently. I’ve also seen chains break a lot more frequently, I know of 5-6 instances where it happened last year alone locally. All of these were a result of complete lack of maintenance as you point out, though I suppose it would be possible for a newer component to not show signs of wear and still fail.