Not from a cracked crank, but, 20 years ago, I took a Nishiki MTB out for a spin at a bike shop, was looking to buy... the pedal hadn't been turned all the way into the crank, and popped off on a downstroke while I was starting up a hill behind the shop. Sudden punching the ground w/ my foot flipped me off the bike the other way, adding one more bike scar to my knee.
Ended up getting a discount on the bike, still have it... On Monday, June 17, 2013 5:52:28 PM UTC-4, Steve Palincsar wrote: > > On Mon, 2013-06-17 at 14:41 -0700, Garth wrote: > > I noticed this strange squiggly line coming from the drive side > > pedal hole today, while may miles from home ! Oh well I thought, > > nothing to do really, if it breaks it breaks .... if not not. It > > didn't. When I got home I removed the pedal to check if i could see > > the crack in the threads, but could not. So I sanded off the anodizing > > at the spot until I could see it no more. I hopped back on the bike > > and pushed down with all my weight on the pedal, and lo and behold, > > the crack line reappeared . Oyil well ! Funny thing is, it's not > > such a big deal ! I have another bike to ride and I'll order another > > crank. Pretty simple . These are the 152mm XD's, which no one here > > likely uses anyway. They are made of a slightly different mold than > > the longer ones, but still XD's as labeled > > Of course, if it /had/ broken when you were riding, it would have turned > into a whole lot of bigger deal. Happened to me four times. > > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
