And I broke the bike again....

"farscythe - makin da cawfee!" (farscythe) 06/13/2020 at 07:29 • Filed to: None

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Lol...cranks got wiggle room...just enough to make the chain rub against the derailer when I put me right foot down.....that’s not good

Oh well I’m almost home and I’ve found some shade

This seemed like a classy spot to have that cold beer I acquired from a supermarket a couple km back

If it wasn’t for the 70some % humidity this would be perfect riding weather

Manwich - now Keto-Friendly > farscythe - makin da cawfee! 06/13/2020 at 07:44

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The underside of that bridge looks to be in excellent condition!

farscythe - makin da cawfee! > Manwich - now Keto-Friendly 06/13/2020 at 07:45

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Lol it’s fun listening to the traffic overhead

pip bip - choose Corrour > farscythe - makin da cawfee! 06/13/2020 at 07:50

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i was going to say where is the graffiti, but it appears to be freshly painted over.

farscythe - makin da cawfee! > pip bip - choose Corrour 06/13/2020 at 07:54

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Yeah just stuff written in Sharpie on there atmo it doesn’t really show in the pic

Mostly swastikas yo mamas and one nigga cock balls whatever that's sposed to mean

Ssfancyfresh > farscythe - makin da cawfee! 06/13/2020 at 08:02

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Yeah. Me too. Crank wiggle room

SBA Thanks You For All The Fish > farscythe - makin da cawfee! 06/13/2020 at 08:35

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Looks great! Here in SoCal, that’s gonna rent for maybe $850-$1200 a month, depending on how far you have to walk to water and to have a poo.

smobgirl > farscythe - makin da cawfee! 06/13/2020 at 10:29

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There would be an entire tent city under that bridge if it was here.

farscythe - makin da cawfee! > smobgirl 06/13/2020 at 10:34

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Yikes..

We don't seem to have a lot of homeless in my little city.... nothing the shelter can't handle anyway

This is what we'll show whenever you publish anything on Kinja: > Ssfancyfresh 06/13/2020 at 11:01

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Been a while since I've seen one o f those eccentric cranks. 

Nom De Plume > Ssfancyfresh 06/13/2020 at 11:26

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Hmm, 1X life.

zipfuel > farscythe - makin da cawfee! 06/13/2020 at 12:26

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I was always amused being in Switzerland and seeing the local yoof rebelling by scrawling stupid English stuff like “NYC r ude boys ok” on bridges. V andalism and creativity clearly don't intersect that much.

Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo > farscythe - makin da cawfee! 06/13/2020 at 12:59

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Was about to go buy a c heap bike. This has me rethinking haha

farscythe - makin da cawfee! > Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo 06/13/2020 at 13:11

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lol mine wasnt that cheap...at least in over here money....i guess its a high end starter bike

im just not very gentle...or careful...or smart :p

Nom De Plume > Ssfancyfresh 06/13/2020 at 15:04

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The more I look at this the more I’m curious what exactly you broke this in the course of attempting.

Ssfancyfresh > Nom De Plume 06/13/2020 at 15:30

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The bolts to the chainring stripped the threads right out where it mates to the crank. When it ultimately failed, I was just lazily pedaling along on some flat single track. I thought I had dropped the chain, which is pretty unusual on a 1x with a narrow/wide chainring.

Anywho. Looking at the damage and conferring with the interwebs, it appears to be some bad or negligent engineering. Or worse, it’s deliberate (planned obsolescence). Crankset had less than 250 miles on it. Ordered a replacement and am working with a machine shop on a fix for this one. 

Nom De Plume > Ssfancyfresh 06/13/2020 at 20:43

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That is a rare event with Shimano. Even the bottom barrel stuff is fairly indestructible. Especially mtb cranks.  Weird.