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Luckily I always travel prepared

Oct.09, 2008, filed under Miscellany

Correct me if I’m wrong, cycling peeps, but the Truvativ cranks that are supplied with old skool Il Pompinos are unlikely to fall off all by themselves, right? I mean, the bolt cap screws on with an 8mm hex key and then the crank bolt itself is screwed in pretty damn tight, again with an 8mm hex key.

So why was it that I just found myself pedalling along Lower Granton Road on one leg, while the other one flailed about in a surprised manner with the entire crank attached to my foot by the cleat?

It’s a good job some kindly soul at the bus stop spotted the crank bolt come loose and drop out just before I came to a stop and was able to point it out to me, or else I’d be walking home probably in need of a new transmission because I’ll bet you can’t get spare crank bolts. Also I had a multitool, which is odd in itself, because usually I don’t bother for the trip down to the gym and back on the basis that it’s not that far. Today something made me take my toolkit.

Explains why the bike felt a bit odd on the way down there. Thing is, the only time anyone could have had a chance to loosen that bolt was when it was parked outside Calum and Puzzle_‘s place weekend before last. So, Chronicles fans, the pointy things with the teeth left my computer and lights where Calum could find ’em for me but the bastards undid my nearside crank bolt.

I’ve got minions for this sort of thing, you know.

Can anyone tell me where to get a Truvativ Elita crank cap?

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