My last ride of the season ended with a bang. Or maybe a crunch. I was riding up a fairly easy hill in Orem. It was the week before Thanksgiving and probably about 30 degrees so the ground was in great shape.
I hadn't seen anyone but just up ahead I did see a lone rider so I sped up just to see who it was, when my crank or bottom bracket made a clicking noise and got significantly hard to pedal.
I stopped and looked at it. Everything looked ok. Just tight and hard to pedal.
So I coasted back to my car, pedalling as little as possible.
I pulled the crank and looked at the bottom bracket.
It had a problem. Some of the bearings were loose and the plastic bearing cage was crushed.
The non drive side of the bottom bracket looks fine, although I haven't taken it apart. The drive side actually fell open when I pulled the crank off.
So I didn't get to see who that was ahead of me. Maybe next time.
Now, I know these are great bottom brackets, I have one on another bike and have been happy with it. So I'm not sure what caused this one to fail.
Now I will get the chance to see if Chris King really has a good warranty or if it is just a paper tiger.
I will report later on my success with getting Chris King to honour the warranty.
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