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Mechanicals are always an unpredictable element for scheduling, the only way of negating that would be to insist people use a "sub bike" in the event of their own bike going wrong, or to continue the game 2 on 2 until the mechanical is fixed.
Sub bikes are a bad idea: it would take ages to move saddles/whatever and would mean that a mechanical could easily cost you a game, 2 on 2 isn't a bad idea but I can see most people hating that approach.
People just need to allow more time at tournaments, it makes for a more fun evening and a less stressful evening if you (shock horror) finish the games by early evening, organisers should also have a contingency plan (cutting the top and bottom teams during SR, or dropping a round of swiss, or moving to shorter games at X time if behind, etc).
My personal pet peeve: people that don't start the game as soon as they can after a goal is scored (tactics talks, etc).... there's no time!