It takes a beating---Durable equipment

When I put my light on my bike this morning, I noticed that the mounting bracket was a little loose on my fork.  I fiddled with it, but it was still loose, so I just went ahead and started riding and made a mental note to check it out later.

 

Anyway, 5 miles into my commute, I hit a bump, heard a snap, then heard something fly under a car, then noticed that my light was gone and the mount was rubbing against my spokes.  I heard some more cars hit my light.

 

After adjusting the mount so it wouldn't break a spoke, I went to pick up the pieces of my certainly destroyed light.

 

I found it on the side walk on the other side of the intersection...still in one piece!  I turned it on....it still worked!  even the molded bracket attachment seems solid.

 

So, thank you Blackburn light. You are a dare devil.

 

 

Anyone else have a story of something that you can't believe keeps ticking?

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Permalink Reply by Natalie on February 4, 2010 at 8:38am
I went down in a corner one early spring while wearing my Pearl Izumi Zephrr super-thin shell. Got up and found the inside of the sleeve filled with blood, my elbow busted open, my bike scratched, and STI shift levers twisted around, and not a mark on that jacket. It's at least a dozen years old and still looks good.
Permalink Reply by dan brown on February 4, 2010 at 8:48am
I have had cyclometers fall off (wtf ?) a road bike and they still work fine (as long as the crystal does not become cracked).

OTOH - I have dropped helmets and *they* crack - wtf is up with *that* ???
Permalink Reply by Primitive Don on February 4, 2010 at 9:16am
I get a lot of low-end Trek mountain bikes (800, 820, etc.) in the shop for tuneups, and I'm often amazed at how well the low-end Shimano derailleurs and indexed shifters (Altus, etc.) work, even on badly neglected bikes. If only those Joytech freehubs on the same bikes held up as well.

Also, the 1 piece cranks on old Schwinns and American department store bikes are bombproof. People diss on these for their weight, but they are solid as f__k.
Permalink Reply by T.C. O'Rourke on February 5, 2010 at 3:46pm
I once lost a headlight in a loose bracket, going over a bridge.

It slipped right through the grate and kerplunk... into the south branch. I watched as it sank, the flashing slowly fading into the deep.

The cateye astrale cyclometer I used to own worked fine after going through a wash/dry cycle.
Permalink Reply by Barry Niel Stuart on February 7, 2010 at 9:47am
Of course, how can anyboedy forget the old Made-in-Chicago Schwinn bicycles? They seem to last practically forever and their frames are practically bombproof!

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