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submitted 1 year ago by teuast@lemmy.ca to c/bicycles@lemmy.ca

I didn't crash, fortunately: my only physical complaint is sore shins from having to walk three miles in MTB shoes.

So the abridged version of the story is that I was up on the ridge trail on my gravel bike, and after I did a huge drop, found that my right side crank had come loose. Walked it in to the shop and my guy Ashton found that that side of the axle was welded into the crank, and the weld had failed and sheared off. He also said he'd never seen a break like that before, probably because most people who come into that shop don't ride their gravel bikes as much or as hard as I do. So while I'm still out a bike for a week while we wait for the replacement to arrive, I at least feel like I earned it.

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[-] fung@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 year ago

Damn. At least you were able to walk it back, i.e. not terribly injured when it broke.

[-] teuast@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago

Yeah, if it had failed thirty seconds earlier, my day might have looked a lot different. I'm counting my lucky stars on that front, for sure.

Honestly, I'm not even mad. It's a bit annoying and inconvenient, but if anything, it really does feel like an achievement.

this post was submitted on 15 Sep 2023
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