Originally Posted by
reich17
I was attempting to cross this highway east to west. I was first in line at the light
(on this bike).
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I sustained a few other abrasions, cuts and bruises and the bike is ok with exception of the BB. I had a huge audience of lots of rush hour traffic sitting at the lights waiting for their turn. Good times had by all.
Yoikes!
Glad nothing more serious happened in such a high-traffic location!
I too have broken a BB axle. That one was only 4 years old, on my Raleigh M30 MTB the day after moving to Maryland for grad school. It sucked! I landed my crotch smack on the top tube, which didn't feel so good. And it cost about $80 because they apparently had to drill the BB cups out, since they were totally rusted in place. And the bike got stolen about 2 months later
So, yeah, broken BB axle = bad!