Pictures in order of how the crank arm damage progressed yesterday on my ride. Currently touring cross country and I’ve unlocked a new fear for bike tourists … 🙃 the left crank arm felt odd the beginning of the day, and then I noticed it was bent and saw the chip and stripping of the carbon—not good. Found a hardware store and got duct tape and a metal rod to stabilize it. Made it 30 more miles. Then it was getting real bad so I tried to epoxy it and cast it again. Literally my first pedal stroke after the curing time was done snapped it almost fully. Soooo now just hanging out until a new crank arm can be shipped to me. Note: reconsider carbon crank arms for touring, or at least don’t get the Easton ones
by marvinsroom6969
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That’s not cranky, that’s janky!
Sorry that happened, but good try on fixing it. I’ve got an old bianchi with the non-drive crank arm bolt loosening up every 25 miles or so. I need to torque it properly, and maybe some loctite – but its prob losing the squareness of the hole and I’ll need to replace sooner than later.