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@Walled_(splatbucket)
Alas the bike is no more!
This is what happened...
I was setting off for a bit of a ride, and after about a mile going down a bit of a hill (not too bad though) anyway I was back pedaling and all of a sudden the chain goes completely limp. So unable to slow down I ended up slamming into a corner, I was fine but the bike was a bit mangled.
The front wheel buckled completely, snapping part of the rim.
The front forks also bent completely out of shape.
And the tyre burst.
At first I thought the chain had snapped but when i looked down i discovered that the locknut had flown off the hub.It appears that the locknut had actually stripped.
Anyway as i'm sure you could imagine I was pretty pissed off, especially as of all the parts that broke it was the 1 piece that was designed for the job, so i rang up the shop i had got it from http://www.sjscycles.co.uk and they asked if i could bring it in.
So I drove over there ready for an argument on how it was some how my fault and not theirs. But the manger guy there came out and had a look at the hub, apologized and right off the bat said that they would like to replace my rear hub, front wheel, and forks.
But... because it is an old Peugeot frame the forks are french threading, they pointed out that they couldn't replace them...
So they said that they would have to build me a new frame, and try to move as many parts across to the new bike.
So basically I'm now getting a brand new, custom built track frame, new forks, cranks, wheels, etc etc. :D