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Bally
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 Posted: Mon Sep 21, 2009 12:39 pm Post subject: Another busted crank :evil: |
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Out of the saddle this morning going up Springfield Road (in Chelmsford) when my crank broke. Down I go and hit the deck with a big gash in my leg where the end of the crank cut it (you can still see some flesh and hairs on it  )
Carted off to A&E where they stitched it (9 stitches) and dressed the grazes and just got home, courtesy of a club mate who works in Chelmsford (cheers Rich).
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Mr.B
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| Posted: Mon Sep 21, 2009 12:59 pm Post subject: |
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| sorry to hear about that. hope u get well soon. but interested to hear about the make, age etc. of said crank... |
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Bally
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Old Campag Nuovo Record Pista.
Was used for grass track only for many years but have been commuting on it on and off this last year.
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Des
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| Posted: Mon Sep 21, 2009 2:48 pm Post subject: |
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| Bally wrote: |
Old Campag Nuovo Record Pista.
Was used for grass track only for many years but have been commuting on it on and off this last year. |
That must ~ 20 years old at least?
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Bally
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| Posted: Mon Sep 21, 2009 4:32 pm Post subject: |
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| Des wrote: |
| Bally wrote: |
Old Campag Nuovo Record Pista.
Was used for grass track only for many years but have been commuting on it on and off this last year. |
That must ~ 20 years old at least? |
Much older than that !
Was only reserved for racing though and wasn't used at all for 10 years or so.
It looked in very good condition.
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| Posted: Mon Sep 21, 2009 5:18 pm Post subject: |
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| Bally wrote: |
| Des wrote: |
| Bally wrote: |
Old Campag Nuovo Record Pista.
Was used for grass track only for many years but have been commuting on it on and off this last year. |
That must ~ 20 years old at least? |
Much older than that !
Was only reserved for racing though and wasn't used at all for 10 years or so.
It looked in very good condition. |
Same thing happened to me some years ago, again Campag -- so old it had a 44 minimum.
I change cranksets every so often now.
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Bally
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It's probably the 11th crank I've broken now 
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Sorry to hear that Andy, get well soon, from me and Daphne.
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| Sorry to hear that Andy, get well soon, from me and Daphne. |
Cheers.
Most bandages are off, just one on my hand and a dressing over the stitches left.
New chainset ordered! (Miche Advance). Also ordered a new one for my geared bike (Shimano 105) as that one's probably 6 years old now and had a lot of use.
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| Bally wrote: |
| It's probably the 11th crank I've broken now |
sounds like one of 2 reasons;
1 - you are fatter than Rich Hill
2 - too tight to buy new equipment. I mean, a Nuovo record crank. I've got 2 Record-C cranksets in me garage. Love the look of them, but way too scared to used them
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Bally
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| Bally wrote: |
| It's probably the 11th crank I've broken now |
sounds like one of 2 reasons;
1 - you are fatter than Rich Hill
2 - too tight to buy new equipment. I mean, a Nuovo record crank. I've got 2 Record-C cranksets in me garage. Love the look of them, but way too scared to used them |
No one's fatter than Rich Hill - not even me 
The cranks I've broken have been of varying ages, from a couple of years old upwards with varying amounts of use.
But perhaps your're right - I do need to change them more regularly (see above) but you have something lying around and think that will do!
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| Bally wrote: |
| colinpeerman wrote: |
| Bally wrote: |
| It's probably the 11th crank I've broken now |
sounds like one of 2 reasons;
1 - you are fatter than Rich Hill
2 - too tight to buy new equipment. I mean, a Nuovo record crank. I've got 2 Record-C cranksets in me garage. Love the look of them, but way too scared to used them |
No one's fatter than Rich Hill - not even me
The cranks I've broken have been of varying ages, from a couple of years old upwards with varying amounts of use.
But perhaps your're right - I do need to change them more regularly (see above) but you have something lying around and think that will do! |
Odge has old 'bingo' mags from 1980 lying around, but he knows their structural integrity may have changed since manufacture ... 
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Bally
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Guess what
The chainset I bought to replace the one I broke a year ago broke tonight 
The crank (Miche Advance) snapped across the pedal spindle sending me to the deck on my @rse
Right buttock's really sore and stiff and I've got the LVRC Track Champs this weekend. 
Only bright side - White Van Man stopped to see if I was alright and gave me a lift home.
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John McC
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I think I have broken five cranks over the last 24 years, three being Stronglight 49D and two being TA, all being on the commuting bike(s) on which I use older kit. Strangely enough two of these failures were on the same hill as where I snapped my old RRA frame in 2007 (going past Wood Green bus garage) . Thankfully on each occasion I stayed upright.
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I've never broken a crank, and mine are all made of glass. 
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| Billy Boy wrote: |
| I've never broken a crank, and mine are all made of glass. |
Perhaps the mileage is too little to cause much stress
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| John McC wrote: |
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| I've never broken a crank, and mine are all made of glass. |
Perhaps the mileage is too little to cause much stress |
There's no perhaps about it.
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| Posted: Thu Oct 14, 2010 10:35 pm Post subject: |
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I've got an old TA set you can borrow then. Everyone needs to experience a broken crank before they become real cyclists 
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Bally
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So what do I replace it with - Campag, Sugino 75, something else?
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| So what do I replace it with - Campag, Sugino 75, something else? |
Gods telling you to drive to work
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