The big ship sails on the ali-ali-o

[venta]

A month or two back, I had some problems with my bike pedals.

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[phlebas]

On the last day of September!

[venta]

One kudo to you, sir!

[venta]

Think I'll settle for masterful - mistressful sounds like a combination of mistrustful and distressing!

[d_floorlandmine]

You, he said in disbelief, own a socket set?
Did he then have the decency to duck?

[venta]

Nope :)

However, since I'd begun the conversation by saying that I was perfectly happy doing my own car maintenance, but that bike maintenance freaked me out, he shouldn't have been surprised that I owned tools. I decided the easiest explanation was probably that he was Stupid.

[d_floorlandmine]

Probably the simplest answer, true!

bike

[bondagewoodelf]

I had a similar problem hmm about 2 months ago. The problem was not the pedal, it was the socket the pedal was in. It required replacing the part, which might have been called 'the crank' (or maybe not), it's the thingy the pedal is attached to and the axis of the front gear.

It was quite expensive to have a new one attached ;-(

Re: bike

[venta]

I'm hoping that I have enough bike-compentent colleagues that when I need to replace it someone will show me how, thus reducing the cost to just parts.

I think for now I can just bolt the thing back on, but it does look like this is a problem which needs a long-term solution rather than a swift bodge :)

[exspelunca]

...and then there was the garage mechanic who became quite respectful when you mentioned using a trolley jack.