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Old 04-09-05 | 06:49 PM
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Bikes: All 70s and 80s, only steel.

Originally Posted by paintballdude
Recently I was riding my bike on not too many hard trails and I transfered onto a dirt road and while I was riding my left foot when pedalling kept moving side to side, so I thought it was the pedal then all off a sudden my entire crank just fell off and when I looked at it the nut ,I geuss, just fell off. But part of it makes no sense to me cause that would be a really hard part to just loosen over time. Well anyways I had to walk/coast it home for a few miles mostly up hill. Has anyone else had a similar problem?

Later,

Another MTBiker




I had a similar problem: the crank didn't come off, but it loosened. I took it to the shop to get it tightened, and they showed me how riding on it had worn away at the crank. I ended up having to buy a new crank, only rode on it for a few miles. Do NOT, if you haven't already, ride on a loose crank. It WILL get ruined--softer aluminum gets worn away by the harder bolt steel. Look out!
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