Re: [CR]why cranks strip

(Example: Framebuilders:Chris Pauley)

Date: Wed, 09 Nov 2005 06:34:15 -0800
From: "Steven Willis" <smwillis@verizon.net>
Subject: Re: [CR]why cranks strip
To: <WesOishi@aol.com>, <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
References: <ae.7e452686.30a26e99@aol.com>
reply-type=original

How about another view. I think it is great that you fix your own bike that is how I got started but for every hour you spend fixing your bike that is one less hour riding. Some people around here, given the fast pace of life, would rather have that hour riding not fixing their bike. I have finely given up changing my own oil for that reason. Have fun and keep that Campy peanut butter wrench it still sits in my tool box and yes I have spread peanut butter with it and even stirred my coffee too. Steven Steven Willis 1778 East Second Street Scotch Plains NJ 07076 908-322-3330 http://www.thebikestand.com


----- Original Message -----
From: WesOishi@aol.com
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Sent: Tuesday, November 08, 2005 1:11 PM
Subject: [CR]why cranks strip



> Many of today's rider has never stripped a VW plug hole, let alone
> repacked
> a BB. I've seen guys strip a pedal hole by trying to screw the R hand into
> the
> L hand crank. Also, the length of the pedal wrench allows some to exert
> gargantuan torque to the poor alloy crank arm. The rental bikes at the
> Encino
> Velodrome are constantly subjected to pedal changes, turning threads into
> mush. I read that Manchester Velodrome's bike are all fitted with Look, so
> the
> rider has to use Look shoes.
>
> My first tools back in 1975 were a Campy peanut butter wrench and a BB
> tool.
> It never occured to me to "take it into the shop". I find that some of
> today's new riders are less interested in the bicycle, and how it works.
> Back in
> the day, most of us repaired our own sewups and maintained our own bikes.
> Many
> a rider today can't seem to change a flat successfully. One guy started a
> club ride with six CO2 cartridges. I'll stick with my Zefal, thank you.

>

> Wes Oishi

> Los Angeles