THAT pedal
ozzzyosborn206
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it appears Sven Nys' pedal wasn't fitted correctly........not quite sure how you could fit one incorrectly though?
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I expect Sven Nys riding one-legged could probably still beat most others!Make mine an Italian, with Campagnolo on the side..0
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Probably a standard case of taking the bike out of the luggage bike case and forgetting to tighten the pedals when putting the bike together... it happens... no point blaming shimano for that one.**************************************************
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Pic caption says 'snapped off' as opposed to fell off but is that accurate ?0
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cranks look intact to me and non-drive side (the missing pedal side) is clean... i.e. the pedal fell off cos it wasnt screwed in :-) If it snapped, surely some of the spindle would be left intact and attached to the crank arm... I bet if you look at his left shoe he still had a pedal attached (but cant see from the angle of the pic above)!
BTW: A pedal failure would not enable the 10mm of threaded bolt on the axle to screw out from the crank arm.... human error. full stop.**************************************************
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http://www.velonation.com/News/ID/6596/Landbouwkrediet-team-and-Shimano-offer-explanation-for-Sven-Nys-lost-pedal.aspx
it is a bit strange for it too fall off even if it wasn't screwed on properly as the thread screw in the same way you pedal so in theory should only get tighter....?0 -
ozzzyosborn206 wrote:http://www.velonation.com/News/ID/6596/Landbouwkrediet-team-and-Shimano-offer-explanation-for-Sven-Nys-lost-pedal.aspx
it is a bit strange for it too fall off even if it wasn't screwed on properly as the thread screw in the same way you pedal so in theory should only get tighter....?
If It hadn't caught the thread properly but had gone in a touch wonky then the thread could have been stripped causing the pedal to pop out. No amount of cycling would have tightened it.Warning No formatter is installed for the format0 -
emadden wrote:I bet if you look at his left shoe he still had a pedal attached (but cant see from the angle of the pic above
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Don't bet too much as this clip seems to show the pedal flying across the road at 13-20ish.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uotIXCEiEAY0
