Originally Posted by
Scottryder
Neal, wow, great photos and trip description! I was thinking of you while I was hunkered down out of the rawness in front of my wood stove..
I'd be interested to know why Bob's pedal pulled out of his crank arm, seems to me you're getting good at this type of rescue! Did he go down? I'm still figuring out what went wrong when my pedal stripped out at the traffic light in Watertown..
Scott
Thanks, Scott. Fortunately, Bob didn't go down, mainly because he was just starting from a stop, so he didn't have much momentum or speed at that point. It was pretty interesting to see his pedal still attached to his foot via toe clip but not attached to the crank arm. I would have taken a pic if it hadn't been dark and raining. I'm not sure what the cause was, but I don't think the arm is repairable as he pulled out lots of material. He's going to try and clean out the threads with my Park tap, but I think it's too far gone.
Neal