S-Works SL

From Jeff:

after incident with a car at 35mph my bike is in pieces an I have multiple broken bones as result

Ouch.

Zertz Again

Specialized has figured out how to make carbon parts even weaker. Put a big hole in the middle.

I was sprinting through busy downtown San Jose traffic with a guy a

fixed gear when my seatpost went "ka-RACK." Fixie kid laughed. I might

have said some naughty words.

Specialized Parody Ad

TTTEParody posted a Specialized Parody Ad on YouTube with a reference to BustedCarbon.com at the end. I'm famous.

Another car bike rack casualty

From David:

My Specialized S-Works Tarmac didn't fair so well against Grandma's carport.

Specialized S-Works Stumpjumper

A 3rd hand story from Chris:

Via a friend of a friend, he was riding behind this rider when he heard a loud crack, the rider was OK, no further info at this point.

This bike has an MSRP of $7700, we are in a recession, who can afford this type of money for a disposable bike?

Waller Cup Bohermeen

Huge crash at the Waller Cup Bohermeen, check out Irish Cycling for more photos.

More Shipping Problems

This time it happened to Rick:

Specialized broken in shipping.. whatever happened, the box wasn't even damaged

Another broken handle bar

This one is from Chhristian. A Specialized FACT bar that looks like it was used with a bar end, but I'm not sure.

Broken Bars

My friend Dave spotted these bars in the basement of Oak Bay Bikes.

Specialized Handle Bars

Ted just sent in these photos of his handle bars. No crashes, just out of the saddle cranking and they broke. Lame.

Another Specialized

Kyle sent me these photos of his Specialized mountain bike that he rode into a tree at 25mph during a race.

Specialized Tarmac: Before & After

Paul sent me these before & after pictures of his Specialized Tarmac. He didn't give many details, but it looks like he had his top tube repaired. I would have preferred a new frame.

Specialized Tri-Cross

Another submission from Anthony. This one is surprising because the Tri-Cross forks look a lot stronger than most cyclocross forks. I guess look sstrong isn't the same as is strong.

The poor guy who owns this Specialized Tri-Cross bike was descending a hill at speed when the fork suddenly snapped clean off at the crown! The guy was wearing a helmet luckily but told me that sometimes he doesn't bother! I reckon even as it was he is lucky to be alive!

The bike in question was only six months old and had not been used off-road - in the way that the cyclo-cross style marketing of this model hints at. Only knows how long it might have lasted if it had been used off-road!!!! The guy took it straight to his dealer after talking to me and later commented that they'd taken it off him pretty quick! As an experienced mechanic I can honestly say that this is the scariest failure of a carbon fork to date!

Specialized Eipc

Within 24 hours of purchase Nik went off the road into a concrete block, breaking his frame and his hand.

Specialized Handle Bars

Kevin sent me this photo of the Specialized handle bars that came with his 2007 Tarmac Pro. They were clamped to spec and yet Specialized won't replace them.

Sebastian Lang's Specialized Tarmac SL

Lukas sent me an email letting me know about Sebastian Lang's Gerolsteiner Specialized Tarmac SL team bike from the Tour of California. I'm not sure why it's blurred out, we all know what type of bike it is.

Levi Leipheimer said:

Today in that crash, we had Sebastian Lang come down pretty hard and had to abandon. His bike was broken into three pieces... I was in front, but I think somebody hit a pothole and lost their grip and crashed.

Specialized S-Works

While I do ride a carbon road bike, I wouldn't spend my own money on a carbon mountain bike. They seem disposable.

Busted Carbon for Charity

This is from the 2004 AIDS Lifecycle charity ride. With thousands of inexperienced cyclists, you know there is going to be crashes.

Specialized S-Works Roubaix

Ray sent me this picture of his bike. He didn't crash it, it just cracked a few inches in front of the bottom bracket. If you have any photos, please send them to me.

Orbea & Specialized

This is a submission from Brian. The Orbea was hit by a deer and the Specialized hit a curb in a crit. I'm always looking for more photos, so if you have any, please send them to me.