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Old 06-23-10 | 07:55 PM
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Originally Posted by CB HI
Seems newer cranks require repeated tightening after initially installing them.

I initially tighten them, ride 1 mile and retighten, ride 5 miles and retighten and check every 20 miles after that until they reach at least 2 checks that they have remained tight.
I agree that this is true of square taper cranks, but these cranks appear to have a splined BB/crank interface, where this should not be the case. See the link in post #2.
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