Crank bolt broke on me so I had to do this roadside fix - this is after I tidied it up at campsite to be bit less ugly.

I have all photos - breakage, this fix and more permanent fix from bike shop on mastodon the thread

left crank held together with rope and tent peg.

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[–] 17 points 3 months ago

TIL quick release cranks.

But my goodness, that's a clever roadside bodge!

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  • [–] 10 points 3 months ago

    Why go to the shop if it is fixed already?

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  • [–] 8 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    I was conflicted on commenting, since I'd just be echoing what everyone else said. But whatever... This is a seriously cool kludge to get you down the road.

    Do the QR skewer end bits hit your ankle bones and shoes?

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  • [–] 7 points 3 months ago

    great fix. but QR crank?!?

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  • [–] 4 points 3 months ago

    Very creative indeed, well done!

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  • [–] 4 points 3 months ago

    I once snapped the derailleur hanger but I had a chain breaker and a spare quick link with me so I converted it into single speed to get back home but I fitted the chain to a wrong cog on the rear cassette so it kept downshifting making the chain extremely tight so I took a twig and twisted it around the cassette to prevent the chain from jumping up. That got me back home 15km away.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    I am curious what happened to the other side of the hex key

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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago

    haha very ghetto and yet it worked

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