Originally Posted by
OldsCOOL
What happened to the crank hole cover, obviously that came off as well? Sounds like a slice of Murphy's Biking Law. That crank otherwise would not have come off in the shop with the best of tools and elbow grease with louds grunts.
There's also a Murphy's Stationary Biking Law. A couple of months ago I had some surgery, and a friend gave me his old stationary Diamond Back to use during rehab. he's quite a bit shorter than I am, and the seat post was stuck where a 5'6" rider would use it. Adjustment was obvious, just pull the pin and slide it up...
Wouldn't move. Would NOT move. I fiddled and hammered and shoved and WD-40ed, and I couldn't get it even to wobble like it MIGHT move. Finally I gathered some tools, planning to pull off the plastic side covers to see WTF. I laid out the tools, got painfully down on the floor next to the bike (knee's still pretty tender), and, just for fun, gave the pin a two-finger tug. It slipped out with about two ounces of pressure, and the stuck seat post rocketed down, letting the saddle hit me in the head, then slam my fingers.
Works fine now.