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hilljockey

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Broken crank
« on: November 08, 2009, 09:11:45 pm »
Anyone broken one?

Be a bit of a mission.  Surely a crank would have to be defective for a failure as below?

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Re: Broken crank
« Reply #1 on: November 08, 2009, 09:47:37 pm »
Too much power I am guessing ;)
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Re: Broken crank
« Reply #2 on: November 10, 2009, 12:12:15 pm »
I've broken a couple but only on mountain bikes, never the roadie. The black mark on the inside of the crank indicates that's where the crack started, although I'm not an engineer so will now bow out of postulating on the cause of this.
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Re: Broken crank
« Reply #3 on: November 10, 2009, 10:05:49 pm »
My Ultegra cranks have these knicks on them - unavoidably caused by stones. Makes me think time to replace them.
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Re: Broken crank
« Reply #4 on: November 11, 2009, 07:36:54 am »
I would be more concerned with the size of the knicks on your saddle M.C.

(Larger applied force and its effect on metal fatigue.... ;))

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Re: Broken crank
« Reply #5 on: November 11, 2009, 08:20:34 am »
Spandy,

People have to stop thinking about what is in my knicks.  I can tell you it is the same as what is in everyone's knicks, only larger, stronger and prettier. ;)

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Re: Broken crank
« Reply #6 on: November 11, 2009, 08:49:28 am »
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Re: Broken crank
« Reply #7 on: November 11, 2009, 10:00:12 am »
Boys,

"aint what you got its the way you use it..."


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Re: Broken crank
« Reply #8 on: December 17, 2009, 10:50:50 pm »
Hi Hilljockey,

I hope you didn't come off the bike when it went.

I had a similar thing happen to my left crank about 6 months ago. I wash the bike every week and didn't notice anything out of the ordinary the day before it went. I had just finished an interval session on the road when I felt something knocking on the back of the bike and the pedaling action felt a bit weird. On inspection it was a horizontal crack in the middle of the crank. So I nursed it to my bike shop. My mechanic here is an ex Team CSC mechanic and he said he's never seen it happen before.

It was an FSA gossamar crank on my Felt road bike. I didn't look into it in terms of warrenty/defect because I got it off Stoj 3 yrs ago and now live OS.  So I just put a unlegra crankset on it.


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Re: Broken crank
« Reply #9 on: December 22, 2009, 06:45:10 pm »
Domestique,

I was out with Stog this morning son. He said bring it back, it is definitely warranty. Shalom

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Re: Broken crank
« Reply #10 on: December 22, 2009, 09:06:47 pm »
Ferret,

Will Felt cover the air transport back to CFN?
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