>>1379927>You can ride home with one broken spoketwo broken spokes can easily make the wheel so out of true that it gets too stuck on the brake pad to ride
>a creaky bottom bracketbut that wears out the bearings and the crankarms could fall off or lock up causing a crash
>I've never had a chain snapI have
>all the other things become loose or otherwise impaired over time, not from one minute to the otherBut it might not be noticed until it is too late during a ride
>When I'm thinking unexpected bike repair I'm thinking tire flats, and not much else really.but flats are expected, the point is to be prepared for UNEXPECTED bike repair
>And even then I'd rather push the bike home and fix it in the comfort of my workshop.okay but sometimes I ride over 100 miles from home