Cursed fix that got me to bike shop.

3 months ago by plactagonic to c/bicycle_touring

Crank bolt broke on me so I had to do this roadside fix - this is after I tidied it up at campsite to be bit less ugly.

I have all photos - breakage, this fix and more permanent fix from bike shop on mastodon the thread

litchralee 17 points 3 months ago

TIL quick release cranks.

But my goodness, that's a clever roadside bodge!

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33550336 10 points 3 months ago

Why go to the shop if it is fixed already?

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JayleneSlide 8 points 3 months ago

I was conflicted on commenting, since I'd just be echoing what everyone else said. But whatever... This is a seriously cool kludge to get you down the road.

Do the QR skewer end bits hit your ankle bones and shoes?

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plactagonic 6 points 3 months ago

I don't notice them that much, only they catch clothing and laces. Alternative is not riding at all and get back home so I will get this minor inconvenience as tradeoff.

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ventilcheck 7 points 3 months ago

great fix. but QR crank?!?

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Iconoclast 5 points 3 months ago

I once snapped the derailleur hanger but I had a chain breaker and a spare quick link with me so I converted it into single speed to get back home but I fitted the chain to a wrong cog on the rear cassette so it kept downshifting making the chain extremely tight so I took a twig and twisted it around the cassette to prevent the chain from jumping up. That got me back home 15km away.

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BigBrownBeaver 4 points 3 months ago

I am curious what happened to the other side of the hex key

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Voidedtoast 2 points 3 months ago

Pulling double duty as a tent peg?

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BigBrownBeaver 3 points 3 months ago

Or against zombie apocalypse