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Snapped Bottom Bracket Spindle?
Hey All,
I was working my regular pedicab driver shift the other day, accelerating from a stop light with 3 large guys seated in my trailer type pedicab. I sort of jumped forward in an unexpected way and heard a scattering, clank-clank. I then noticed the my left pedal was missing. Then I noticed my left crank arm, and the end of the bottom bracket spindle that would normally keep the afore mentioned parts attached were gone too. Upon inspection, the missing bottom bracket stub was still pressed into the crank arm that I was holding in my hands. In spite of my displeasure of not being able to earn more money that night dragging drunken louts to their next whisky bar, I was amused by the massive power I exhibited by ripping the crank nipple right off. So here is my question: Was it really my massive lower body prowess that killed this BB spindle? Or is it that Shimano is making crappy spindles that shread after 5 months? Or is the pedicabbing I do on this bike just that hard on the torquey bits? Perhaps it was a combination of the three. I bring this to the R.B.T group as none of my pedicabber buddies have had this particular mechanical failure before. Chalo on the other hand has done it a few times before resulting in his oh-so-fashionable grillz. (him 300+ lbs) -Ken Cameron humble neighborhood pedicabber |
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