Spoiling the ship for a ha'porth of tar

Dave Atkinson, October 4, 2010

Crank Brothers Candy X pedal

48 minutes, three Dremel multi cutting discs, one Dremel grinding bit, one singed finger and several choice swear words later I have finally removed my brand new Crank Brothers cleat and moved it to the correct position.

And all because they specced bolts made out of cheese, rather than the more usual steel. Probably saving themselves 0.7p in the process. So thanks, Crank Brothers.

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it's just preparing you for the bearings, which are made of the finest brie

posted by VecchioJo [608 posts] 4th October 2010 - 23:05

"Spoiling the ship for a ha'porth of tar"

... you mean grease i think

http://askstato.blogspot.com

posted by STATO [300 posts] 5th October 2010 - 8:10

i did everything right. everything. cleaned the back plate, greased the threads and the cleat, used a really good allen key. and it still rounded off. grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.

posted by Dave Atkinson [5720 posts] 5th October 2010 - 8:52

ah .... happy memories of trying to get look keo cleats
off as well ......

still on the 3rd switch-back of Bwlch !

posted by therevokid [385 posts] 5th October 2010 - 12:15

Hi Dave, finally got around to getting myself sorted on your website! Looking excellent by the way!! Any advice on helmets for fat heads that don't break the bank and don't give you an even greater fat headed mushroom. ie as slim profile as possible for a second hand bargain basement £30-40 price range.