Originally Posted by Number_35
Originally Posted by NYEngineer
Did he hurt himself on the top tube when that failed? I hate it when stuff like that happens.
A while back I was back riding after a broken ankle. I was in the woods in a state park with my then ten year old son. My right pedal spindle snapped off. We were just far enough away from the car that walking would have been a bummer. I picked up my pedal, clipped in my left foot to the remaining good pedal and pedaled out with one foot. My son was behind me laughing the entire time.
The best part was when I got home and showed the broken off pedal to my wife. It was the right side and it was my left ankle that had been broken. She had no idea and yelled What, you have a bionic ankle now? I let her think that. Crank Bros Waranteed the pedals.
Chuck, my money is on there was already a small crack. We are having a relatively warm winter down here. I was cringing reading about riding in icy potholes.
NYE, good story! That's a great argument for toe clips (which I abandoned about 15 years ago after a couple of falls). I broke my R leg skiing two years ago, so am partly bionic with a titanium rod.
Jr fell off the bike when the crank arm broke, but was not injured. Fortunately he was on a side street when it happened. Vw7674 suggests metal fatigue, which seems likely.
Originally Posted by Lubener
Strange you posted this, last week I noticed the left pedal didn't quite feel right while on my way home, two more revolutions and the pedal popped out of the left side crank arm. Came close to raising my voice a couple octaves.Totally stripped out, no threads left in the pedal hole on the crank arm and I did nothing but some hard biking. Still trying to find a new crank arm (Sugino (VT), old and somewhat rare and hard to find..
I've done the same, and for some reason, including your experience, that's 3 out of 3 on the L side. Too small a sample to draw conclusions I suppose. Good luck finding a replacement! Hope you don't have to buy the drive side as well.
I will get one from my favorite and oldest bike store in Cleveland when I can find the time. They have everything. Might be in a box up in their attic however. Cool place to visit.
https://www.fridrichs.com/