lose cranks?
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lose cranks?
So I have a windsor the hour and ive been riding it for about 3 months now and ive been doing a fair about of skidding the past couple days and I have relised that my cranks or pedals seem to be getting lose. When i go to tighten my pedals they are tightend all the way down and when I take allen wrench to my cranks I cant get them to move one bit. Nothing clicks when I ride it just seems kinda off to me, If you guys could hep me out that would be great.
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sounds like chain tension/stretch, loose chainring bolts, or maybe loose BB. if it's your cranks that need tightening, you need an impact wrench or a torque wrench to do it right.
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This sounds exactly like a loose bb to me.
when your pedals are at 12/1 o'clock, grab them while standing over the bike and see if there's any side to side movement.
If there is, you'll probably need to get in there and crank your bb lockring down a bit.
Is this a sealed unit or an open ball bb?
when your pedals are at 12/1 o'clock, grab them while standing over the bike and see if there's any side to side movement.
If there is, you'll probably need to get in there and crank your bb lockring down a bit.
Is this a sealed unit or an open ball bb?
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