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Old 04-17-04 | 09:39 AM
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Bikes: Bruce Gordon BLT, Birdy Light, Bike Friday Project Q

The hardest part of the breakdown process was removing the main crank. It has a single bolt removing system, but it took a fair amount of muscle power to remove it for shipping (even with the extra long allen wrench provided by BF shown below). This was also the case when packing it at home.

The video showed putting the frame in the case as shown below when removing the crank. I tried this and found I couldn't get enough leverage. I removed the frame and put it upright on some newspapers so that the crank on the opposite side could hit the ground as I removed the main crank. The left side crank arm (and timing chainring) stayed on the bike for transport.

I believe most Bike Fridays don't need to have either crank removed for transport.
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