This morning, I went to have an indoor ride. Wasn’t going to be a big workout, just getting some exercise in. When I went to step on the pedal to swing my leg over my Norco Valence, I realized that the crank arm wasn’t as… connected… as it should be.
A quick inspection showed that the actual crank shaft was torn apart. That got me to thinking about Wednesday night and the BCC Zwift ride. About 3 km from the end, I stepped on the pedal and it felt… weird. I initially thought that the cleat on the bottom of my shoe was loose, or maybe even the pedal was loose. But when I got off the bike, I didn’t find the cause.
Well, I found the cause. I hastily set up my Roubaix for riding on the rollers and then posted to the BCC forum on WhatsApp.
I looked it up, and since I started tracking my rides on Strava, I’ve put over 18,000 km on my Valence. But that was October 2015 so that number doesn’t include 2013, 2014 or most of the 2015 riding season when the Valence was still my main bike. It’s well over 20,000 km, anyways. Probably more like 23,000.
My weight and power output probably don’t make life easy for my bikes.
lucky you wern’t riding hen it broke, could have been a nasty spill…