Name all the “Death” parts….
 

We have the:
AVA stem
1978 campy front derailleur with 4 holes
cinelli mod.71 pedals

what else is on this list?

Are they all made of Death Metal? The Death Fork sure is

This being a C&V thread I presume we are neglecting 21st century happenings like the Trek hyperextending quick release lever

Here’s my addition to the “Death Machine” list… I haven’t rode carbon since the incident.

https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...36837934f.jpeg

Suicide brake levers, suicide shifters.

I have one of those (2001 Buenos Aires?) and it makes me nervous to think about. A few people have tried to reassure me, saying the carbon doesn't just asplode because it's old, but I can't help but notice that no one makes carbon forks that have the dimensions of a steel fork anymore.

The one incident I have seen results like you have was a nearly Darwin Award level of user error. An old college friend of mine was trying to ride his LeMond while carrying half a dozen pieces of rebar. He wouldn't say why he thought this was a good idea. As he was riding, one of the rebar pieces slipped out of his hand and went into the spokes. The result was just as you pictured. He was lucky enough to get away with just a few nasty facial injuries. Hard lesson learned.

https://www.bikeforums.net/classic-v...they-real.html

My favorite comment in that thread, and possibly my favorite comment ever on Bike Forums, was from @jetboy: "dude, what a great WWE finishing move name: OOOOH NO!, Not the "Ishiwata Death Fork!" NO one should have to endure the pure humiliation!"

Does this count?


https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...32042636d6.jpg

Early ALAN forks (allegedly) killed a few and the Russian Cortes wheel (allegedly) almost finished the full national team
https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...df7e5e2e55.jpg
https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...d3e37bfba8.jpg

@Robvolz What was bad about the Cinelli mod.71 pedals? I have a set!

Were these prone to breaking? Genuine question, I wasn't aware.

The Retrogrouch: Suicide Components: Death By Bicycle

The top tube of the '59 Schwinn Spitfire on which I delivered newspapers for a couple of years. My foot slipped on a wet pedal and I landed on that top tube and wished I was dead.

No, that’s the rare but nearly always fatal Head-Tube Badge of Death.

https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...c04b69b9a.jpeg
The death brake lever…..plus Helicomatic hubs!

Sorry to break the news, but the head dead head is dead.

The Trek Ishiwata Death Fork is certainly real. It happened to me. But I'm still alive thanks to a minirack that held the thing together.


https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...80f2e0cd3f.jpg
https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...1b14ba764d.jpg

Paolo Erzegovesi engineer bitd (also behind the Lasers) later CEO of Cinelli sait openly in an interview:
https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...c0abd6a045.png
source: https://www.cyclist.co.uk/in-depth/i...-classic-bikes

Viscount death fork.
https://sheldonbrown.com/lambert.html

GMC Dethnali

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/...AC_SL1500_.jpg

But I think Bobby still rides on occasion.

First Campagnolo Record titanium bottom bracket spindle.
First Spinergy carbon wheels.
Fiber Flite aero composite spokes.
Simplex plastic (Delrin) front derailleurs.
Hi-E skewers

I may have been drunk but I do stand by it. ;)

That reminds me, Lambert QR skewers also broke. They'd crack across the body between the holes that the lever passed through.
https://cdn-0.sheldonbrown.com/images/brilando.gif

holy bovine!!

What lead to this moment?