Has your bike ever gone full-blown Maximum Overdrive Christine on you?

So, while riding Roosevelt west over Canal street and dealing with all of the semi-construction stuff -- the screw which attaches the saddle to my seat post, broke spontaneously causing my saddle to flip up (almost grievous harm to future progeny potential). This was compounded by my reaction to sit down on the now nonexistent saddle and have nightmarish thoughts about Matthew Long.

There is no rust as far as I can tell on the screw. I don't think anyone was trying to steal my saddle and I don't think anyone tried to sabotage my bike.

SO, just curious, has this ever happened to anyone else? And if not specifically a screw breaking on a saddle attachment, then some other act that had you wondering if your bike was possessed and out to harm you.

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Permalink Reply by Bob Kastigar on October 16, 2014 at 2:57pm

This just happened to me, about two weeks ago! The bolt broke. I walked the bike about 1/2-mile to Bikes and Roses and they replaced it.

A short time later the seat support broke on one side! Fortunately, I could still ride the bike carefully and I made it home and replaced the seat with a spare - and got another spare.

Mount positioning is important. There were limits marked on the saddle which I exceeded.

The biggest problem, I think, is my excessive weight.