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Old 05-16-07, 07:09 PM
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Originally Posted by Flak
Ive been riding for a while, but when the crankbolt on my new bike came lose after a week i didnt notice it at first. Fortunately there was no damage and torqing it back up did the trick.

I told my shop about it and they apologised and mentioned that truvative had some funny torque specs and they usually go beyond them from experience, but perhaps my particular bike fell through the cracks. I got the impression that they would have fixed any damage had there been any.
It's an easy thing to miss. This sounds like it was either missed on assembly (their fault) or part of the pattern with this crank set (manufacturer's issue). He didn't say if it came loose during the "hard" ride or if it came loose then he pounded it.
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