My Morning Commute

[jrenaut]

@kingman762 98891 wrote:

Three blocks from my office, after a very nice ride in, catostropic crank failure!

Hope there was no injury involved. And I imagine your quads are strutting around the office telling everyone how ELITE they are.

[kingman762]

@jrenaut 98894 wrote:

Hope there was no injury involved.

Thankfully no, no crash, no injury, just a broken crank.

[vvill]

That’s crazy. Usually when I imagine a broken crank, I imagine it’s the crank arm. I hope my Civia branded handlebars hold up!

[ShawnoftheDread]

It’s kind of amazing that all four points broke at once.

[cyclingfool]

@kingman762 98891 wrote:

Three blocks from my office, after a very nice ride in, catostropic crank failure!

Ouch. Bummer. At least you were near the office when it happened. And I’m glad you weren’t hurt as a result.

I left home at 8:30. The rain had already passed and the sun was starting to try to peek through. It was a glorious ride in — dodging puddles, not dodging puddles (FENDERS!), enjoying the retreating fog and the fresh air. In many ways, it reminded me of finally getting back out to ride my bike as a kid after being stuck inside waiting for the rain to stop.

[Greenbelt]

Plenty of parking available in the new M street Met Branch connector bike track
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[dkel]

@hozn 98890 wrote:

Really, were there *ever* style points for wearing cycling sandals !?!?

Let’s be honest: if any one of us cyclists wants style points, I’m pretty sure the first thing to do is get out of the cycling gear.

[mstone]

@ShawnoftheDread 98902 wrote:

It’s kind of amazing that all four points broke at once.

Almost certainly at least one has been broken for a while leading to progressive failure. It’s hard to tell from the picture but it looks like the lower left fracture is partially shiny and partially corroded, as it would for an old developing crack.

[jrenaut]

@Greenbelt 98905 wrote:

Plenty of parking available in the new M street Met Branch connector bike track

I just can’t understand it. They keep putting paint down, and somehow the cars just keep getting in. WHAT must we do to keep cars out of our bike infrastructure? Can’t ANYONE tell me?

[baiskeli]

@jrenaut 98911 wrote:

I just can’t understand it. They keep putting paint down, and somehow the cars just keep getting in. WHAT must we do to keep cars out of our bike infrastructure? Can’t ANYONE tell me?

Bollards?

(ducks and runs)

[hozn]

@dkel 98907 wrote:

Let’s be honest: if any one of us cyclists wants style points, I’m pretty sure the first thing to do is get out of the cycling gear.

+1

Yes, I guess I meant even within the greater cycling community. I agree we all look like freaks to non-cyclists; that is a lost cause.

[kingman762]

@mstone 98909 wrote:

Almost certainly at least one has been broken for a while leading to progressive failure. It’s hard to tell from the picture but it looks like the lower left fracture is partially shiny and partially corroded, as it would for an old developing crack.

I think this is right. The last couple of days I’ve been hearing some light creaking and it was much louder last night on the way home. I had assumed my BB was creaking and was going to look at it over the weekend. I guess it wasn’t the BB.

[Crickey7]

@kingman762 98915 wrote:

I think this is right. The last couple of days I’ve been hearing some light creaking and it was much louder last night on the way home. I had assumed my BB was creaking and was going to look at it over the weekend. I guess it wasn’t the BB.

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[dkel]

@hozn 98913 wrote:

Yes, I guess I meant even within the greater cycling community. I agree we all look like freaks to non-cyclists; that is a lost cause.

I think the cycling sandals are odd-looking within a cycling context, but they look pretty normal outside that context. In any case, I’m impressed that I’ve not been uncomfortable in them this late in the season. Apparently Sheldon Brown wore his year round, and claimed that because circulation in the foot is better with sandals than winter cycling shoes, the feet stayed warm more easily. I’m incredibly cheap, so I will likely be putting that theory to the test, rather than getting winter shoes.

[DismalScientist]

@dkel 98947 wrote:

I’m incredibly cheap, …

Your fixed gear project suggests otherwise.

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