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Old 03-11-13 | 05:46 AM
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Originally Posted by Cappuccino

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Now for the bad things. Nothing's actually fallen off or exploded on me, which is a good thing when according to Strava I'm doing 35mph (dohoho im goin so fast guies), but at first I though I had a loose rear wheel since my chain tension would be a little off after every ride, I discovered today that my entire crankset is actually jiggling a couple centimeters. I'm pretty sure this is the BB, and I'm pretty sure I need to replace the entire crankset before it explodorzes. It's nothing TOO major, but does get annoying when I'm trying to slow down and that couple cm of play comes in before I can slow down my rear wheel.
Actually, how bad is this? I honestly don't know myself.


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For a crankset to "jiggle a couple of centimeters" it would have to be falling off, but seeing as you say that it is apparent when you're trying to slow down, I wonder if the problem you're experiencing is in fact a loose lock ring and you are destroying the threading on your hub.
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