Is my bike ok to ride?

[hozn]

I think it was always that way. Or at least most modern cranks have a hollow spindle. If there was a superficial cover there, then you should be fine without it, but my hunch is you heard something else.

Edit attaching photo from Google images of similar crankset.

[Emm]

@hozn 127158 wrote:

I think it was always that way. Or at least most modern cranks have a hollow spindle. If there was a superficial cover there, then you should be fine without it, but my hunch is you heard something else.

Edit attaching photo from Google images of similar crankset.

Thanks! An old photo shows some type of cover there, but I’m glad to know its likely superficial.

But I’ll also check the rest of the bike, since the photo with the cover is 2 years old…so it could have dropped off forever ago. I may have just hit a bump extra hard and heard things vibrating hard for all I know.

[Crickey7]

Yes, it’s just a cover, and so likely not important. Although the crankset on mine was also missing its cover, and failed within a year in a manner the mechanic at Freshbikes said he’d never seen (fortunately warrantied).

[ginacico]

Eek. My friend Peter actually did break a crank arm yesterday. He was lucky it happened under circumstances that didn’t cause a wreck, but required a long walk home.

Also in the past week I discovered my headset had come loose, and the entire front fork was wobbling.

Do a thorough check, and never ignore the squeaks, rattles, or other odd noises!

[mstone]

duct tape

[DrVoidberg]

One of my bikes has a similar gxp / hollow spindle setup. It might be worth removing the cranks to check that the spindle itself wasn’t the source of said noise. Better safe than sorry.

[dasgeh]

@ginacico 127161 wrote:

Eek. My friend Peter actually did break a crank arm yesterday. He was lucky it happened under circumstances that didn’t cause a wreck, but required a long walk home.

Random thought I’ve had while watching my kids learn to ride bikes: if your bike fails in a way that the wheels still spin and the brakes still work, you can push your seat down (and possibly take off the pedals) and ride it balance bike style home/to a bus stop/to a shop.

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