Madison have said they'll replace the crankset (crankset only - others have received crankset, bottom bracket, front derailleur, and chain - because it was bought secondhand). I need to go via a local bike shop to action the warranty claim.
LBS asking me to cover postage and packing on the crankset, so I guess I'll check the sums when I can get it on the scales!
Current status:
In carrying the bike outside to take this photo I slid on the wet flagstones, landing on my arse and, judging by the red marks on my arm, on the big ring. So I can confirm this crankset is indeed a safety liability.
I don't think the chap I bought it off knew about the recall. Or the minimum insertion line. Or the loose hub. Or... He said things along the lines of "It's in good condition and runs well" a few times. I think they were hoping to get about double what I ended up paying for it in the end, so I decided not to rain further on their parade with an "Actually..." retort. I'd been to try the bike for size a few days earlier and clocked the issues, so knew what I was getting into. It would have been interesting if I hadn't won the auction - I don't know if I'd have contacted them to let them know or not. Probably would.
Various components earmarked for this build are inaccessible in my studio until campus facilities open up again post lockdown, but in the meantime I plan to do some turbo time and try and identify what stem and what 26" tyres I might be aiming for. It's a looped bar (
https://www.ergotec.de/en/products/lenker/sub/city-trekking-lenker/produkt/spacebugel-25-4.html), so will require a stem with a hinge or a faceplate. I'm hoping that turbo experiments might reveal I don't also need to get something really tall. Suggestions welcomed.
Tyres, I'm not sure about: most of my experience is with Marathons. The ones in the photo have been borrowed from another bike and haven't really seen much action yet. The basic commute involves quite a lot of wet chutney, some of it on a nice bendy slope... If I'm feeling spendy, I might go for some Panaracer Gravel Kings, on the basis that I can swap them and the Contis in the photo between two bikes they might be useful on. I don't think I'd want to go much more knobbly than that. Again, suggestions welcomed.
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