Thankfully when my crank snapped I missed the top tube all together. Since I was standing on the crank at the time, my foot when right to the ground, and stopped. Unfortunately the rest of me was still going about 16mph. But thankfully the bike when left and I went right (ish).
Unfortunately there was some kids at a play ground near by who saw the whole episode - "DANG! DID YOU SEE THAT?!?!" ... yea.... sort of......
Thankfully I was not in traffic, or near a hard curb. Unfortunately ORIGIN8 would only sell me a crank at cost as a replacement. -- I think I should of sued......
just say "no" to ORIGIN 8's cheap crap
Probably about 2 years of riding. UNGLAUBLICH!!
Wow, glad you weren't hurt. Too bad about the witnesses. In the photo of the broken crank arm, the dark flatish area on the outboard side looks like a crack and the jagged area was what was remaining when it snapped. The issue with a crack on the crank is the cyclic loading will help the crack propagate so it is usually not a case of will the crack grow, but how fast will it grow.....if there is a crack.