mr.cycleplane
Riding my Motorbike
When Steve called me about this I was shocked-this doesn't happen that often. The first thing I asked was he standing up on the pedals/off the seat......answer=yes. In every incident of a busted crank I have heard of this was the culprit I feel. I am sure the above mentioned re-plating changes have something to do with it-but the drop forged crank after 75/80 years use and designed around an 80/100 pound kid may have some merit. When my dad was a kid his crank broke and a very sharp shard cut him across his ankle and up his leg. He joked he doesn't know how he made it home without bleeding to death-still had the scar-nasty one too. On some of the rides I go on with other riders they must be thinking-'that old guy can't keep up' because every hill/upgrade-I get off and walk my bike uphill. I never stand on my pedals. Just my opinion........