For me it was the post with his different hair texture around the ears!
All around a wholesome guy with an equally wholesome family! So nice to see, life goals right there!
I took a look because of your comment, then realized OP was the same guy who posted about the photo and eventual painting that a Redditor made of him and his son on bikes! That post made me smile. OP's the kind of person who finds little gems in everyday life happenings. Truly my kind of person. Thanks for reminding us to take a look! :)
I know, I just wish it would be standardized internationally, because that number could be read as 53 333 or 53.333. Even ISO says you can use either. However if you have three place decimal value (like .123) and add It to a whole value, if I write it like this: 12.123, some would read it as 12 thousand and others as twelve and change. Usually context can be used but sometimes there isn’t much context to go by. I definitely thought the original comment meant 53.333 for a time before I realized he meant 53.333.
There is no need to use either besides giving visual clarity at a glance, but if there is any chance that decimals may be involved as well, you should always use a comma and never a period.
Definitely not a Dutch bike. Those can lie in the Amsterdam Canals for forty years, dragged out, given a lubrication of the chain and they are good for another 40 years.
Aluminium can last. But there are two important factors.
Aluminium reacts in contact with other metals. So great care is needed for bolts etc or the aluminium will corrode badly. And you need to be extra careful if living where they use salt on the road during the winter.
Next thing is that aluminium has no final plateau for metal fatigue. So an aluminium frame needs very big tubes to be extremely stiff. But instead, it will have tubes thin as paper to stay light. So it's easy to get a dent. And this will greatly weaken the tube.
Carbon bikes? They have carbon + resin and the resin ages. Especially if the frame is exposed to UV light. And this is invisible. The frame just slowly changes from good to dangerous. Think twice about going downhill on an older carbon MTB if you want to stay alive.
We‘ve got several bycicles in my family that look like this and none has ever had a broken frame. I‘d be surprised if one did. And I‘ve never seen a frame rust through, except maybe in a bike in that was placed as an ornament in the garden.
I broke 1 like that while running my dog few years ago, it broke like that from behind pedals but upper part stayed intact, dont blame the bike considering its age and terrain i drove on for years. Pushed it home and took another just like it for next days dogs running.
Even steel bikes will have weld joints, which is where this frame failed. Near the drive train looks like it hasn't been cleaned in 40 years, rust will add up and do its thing.
I guess the steel used in this bike was of bad quality. A good quality steel frame wouldn‘t snap like that not even with a lot of rust. I don‘t see any significant rust btw.
Usually these old frames are brazed with sleeves, this one kinda looks like it‘s welded at least in the back, but that‘s not even where it broke.
Interviewer: Senator Collins, thanks for coming in.
Senator Collins: It’s a great pleasure, thank you.
Interviewer: This bike that was involved in the incident off Western Australia this week...
Senator Collins: The one the front fell off?
Interviewer: Yeah.
Senator Collins: Yeah, that’s not very typical, I’d like to make that point.
Interviewer: Well, how was it un-typical?
Senator Collins: Well there are a lot of these bikes going around the world all the time, and very seldom does anything like this happen. I just don’t want people
thinking that bikes aren’t safe.
Something similar happened to me with my first bike. Only I was still in my neighborhood and the two bars that attach to the front wheel assembly broke.
Seems like chain stay rusted-off or teared of from the bottom bracket, then some drop-off and seat teared in pieces.
So, do not drop-off on the open frame bikes.
Huh, must've been some narly riding for that result. I have done that myself when I was younger. The fortunate thing for me was I was in metal shop so I could fix it. 😼
It looks like a Dutch or danish bike 40/50 years old . As an ex metal worker that is the strangest break I have ever seen . I also spent time in Denmark as a bicycle mechanic , so I find this quite interesting…. Must have been a bit shocking
You can see the rust in the picture, did you like actively try to hurt him? Would you want your Son to hand you a car we're the wheels almost fall of due to rust?
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A little story if anyone cares:
I had this one bike, I swear it was cursed. Everything was totally normal just going on a quick errand or to a friend's house. But the moment you took a trip of some considerable distance. Like clockwork, it would breakdown at the farthest point from home.
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The good news is that now he has two unicycles.