ouch. worst part is missing half a day of work and my knee swelling to the size of a grapefruit. tomorrow will be a better day. careful the cold really does affect metal parts!

holy carp!

at least with those older ATACs you can get that remaining chunk out of your crank.

holy ****. glad to see you're doing alright.
what exactly happened right after the pedal came chunkin' off?

[QUOTE=kidtwisty;6146161
what exactly happened right after the pedal came chunkin' off?[/QUOTE]

pretty much over the bars, landing on my left knee and right wrist. then kicking the corner of a wall for a minute or so trying to get the pedal off my shoe.

Holy Hamdingers!

It was in the teens as far as temp goes. That can't be good that it broke so easily... The cold was probably just a catalyst for the break.

the pedals are in no way new. they have quite a few miles on em. im thinking the cold and a slow high torque part of a climb are the major reasons for the break.

I had a completely different freezing-cold-morning experience today: I got to the commuter rail train station and couldn't unlock my lock:it was frozen. So I poured some coffee (yes, wasted precious hot java) on the lock, and was able to get the key in and partly turned, before it froze up again. Then the train arrived. I poured a little more coffee on it... and could turn it back a bit... but couldn't get the key out of the lock.
So I left the bike on the rack, left my lock with the key in it (removed the key ring with house and car keys from the bike lock key) and got on the train. Fortunately, my wife was able to go by later and put another lock on it. Tomorrow morning is supposed to be just as cold here... but I'll bring a second cup of HOT WATER to try loosening the damn lock!

or try something with alcohol in it - even those little purel hand sanitizers will help. The alcohol wont freeze quite as quickly and may give you a little more time to get it open.

Or possibly.... lock de-icer?

:shrug: just a thought.

damn. i ride those same exact pedals (queerpunk gave 'em to me).

I always like to use a lighter or de-icer but I would NEVER ever pour a liquid on a lock as it can actually destroy the lock when the ice expands plus it is pretty much guaranteed to freeze up if you do so. The lighter works on the key usually just heating it up enough to get in there or you can try right on the lock itself. I never tried purell but that is definitely a better choice than coffee. Plus the fact that a good cup o' joe should never be wasted! Hope you get that bike free'd up tomorrow, and glad your wife got a second lock on it!

This just happened to a friend of mine. Well, almost the same, anyway. His chain slipped, and so he slipped off his pedal and at it fast. Broke a hand that had only just gotten out of a cast a week before. He was pretty pissed. Sorry dude, it always sucks when a riding injury keeps you from riding.

I would contact the manufacturer. It isn't so cold that the metal would become that brittle.

DAMN. i would break kingpins (secures truck axle to baseplate) all the time when i used to skateboard in the winter, would've never thought it could happen to a pedal.

The easiest way i am yet to discover is taking a lighter to the key, worked for me so far