i was just riding along...

and it just happened. this is the story that is often heard at bike shops. people come in with broken bikes, and broken parts. give a shrug of ignorance slash innocence. but we know. what the hell were you doing? they were doing something that they should not have.

so here i am the other night...taking apart my single speed. getting things ready. clean up what i'm going to use on the new frame. clean up what is going to go on ebay. i knew that my headset was a little off. maybe it needed to be re-greased, or something. so i'm taking things apart, and it happened. unscrew the top cap. loosen the stem. the fork just falls right off. plop. clunk. what the hell? pick up the fork. examine it. what did i find?
this...



notice anything? the bottom of the headset was still on the fork.



the headset snapped inside the headtube. so i had a piece of the headset stuck inside the head tube. i know...the fork is a little dirty. that's why i'm cleaning it all up.

here are the two pieces...



the silver piece should be attached to the red. so the silver piece was suck up in the headtube, and i had to pound that out with a screwdriver and a hammer. i have never seen this. i guess that i'm not selling this on ebay.

hey mechanics out there...how did this happen? i thought race face was supposed to be some great strong piece of canadian workmanship? i think those canadians are trying to kill us. now, not only am i weary of the french, now i have to worry about the canadians? they seem so friendly.

be safe, be well...