it still depends what component it is, when I was a teenager I was riding a bike with rim brakes, the bolt holding the front rim brake to the frame broke all of a sudden during very light braking, the caliper rotated and got caught between the spokes and the front fork leading to the front wheel immediately stopping leading to me performing a superman dismount (since then I've ALWAYS worn bike gloves when riding). There had been no signs at all that the bolt was about to fail.In my experience (many years of riding, quite a few years of bike commuting full time included) most mechanicals on the front wheel mean a fall/crash, but everything else just leads to having to walk home if you don't have the right tools (carrying a couple spare chain links in addition to the typical flat repair stuff and a full set of hex keys lowers the chance you'll have to do so).
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