I was on a mountain bike ride when I noticed my left crank arm was feeling a little weird. I stopped on the trail, checked it out and realized that the bolt securing the arm was on the verge of falling off. Luckily I wasn't too far from the trail head so I walked my bike back to my car. I checked the bolt on the drive side and realized that it was loose as well. To make a long story short my crankset was shot. I had been tightening the bolts before each ride but they never really stayed tight. According to everything I had read online, once you have ridden on loose crank arms with a square taper spindle, they will never tighten up properly again. I usually try to spend as little as possible on bike parts but I splurged on an FSA singlespeed crankset from Bikeman. After a quick install, I went out to Sansom Park and tried it out. Nice and smooth. The crankset came in a cool little box that I almost hate to throw away.
I started this blog a couple of years ago when I used to print and sell t shirts with bike related designs. The name of my blog was the name of my business, Rat Trap Press. Rat Trap, referred to the old style road pedals, and Press of course referred to my screen printing press. Due to some sudden unexpected expenses I had to sell my screen printing equipment. I decided to stick with the name, RTP, and continue writing about my relaxed paced adventures around Fort Worth, Texas. Please take some time to say hello.
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