Thursday, March 19, 2009

Busted Crank Photo

Sometimes all you can do is smile when your hopes are squashed by a mechanical problem:



For more great photos from the Madera RR check out Veronika's website.

5 comments:

djconnel said...

Rival?

Manley Man said...

Yes, 180mm.

Dan Kaempff said...

Did the crank actually shear off, or did you lose the bolt?

Manley Man said...

Somehow the bolt mechanism, which is built into the crank, worked itself loose. All I had to do was to tighten it back down and I was good to go. However, that was after I got home and my 8th place on the GC coming into the race was history.

Manley Man said...

8 years later and I can say I've now blown apart a Chris King bottom bracket! My bike mechanic was trying to identify a rattle. When he began to disassemble the BB is literally fell apart in his hands.