You learn something new every day

[rogerzilla]

The f-i-l has acquired another bike - or rather, intercepted it between its last owner and the landfill site.  The only things wrong with it were a broken crank (!) and a missing pedal, which presumably is still attached to the snapped-off part of the crank somewhere in ATB hell.

Anyway, this uses a BMX/Thompson-type BB with a steel one-piece crank.  I was charged with finding replacement components, and got a fairly nice BB and a bog-standard one-piece crank from the Bay.  Then we found out that the spare pedals in the garage didn't fit...

One-piece BMX cranks use 1/2", not 9/16" pedals.

Luckily, they're easily available, but what an annoyingly small difference.  It's like the 25.4/26.0 handlebar clamp all over again.

[hellymedic]

Useful to know, thanks.

My partner returned from the Camden Green Fair & BikeFest yesterday, upset that the sliding clip from the bottom of his Altura pannier had dropped off and been lost; replacements are £1.50 from W****e. <<Sigh of relief>>

[mattc]

If you'd asked me this when I was 12 years old I could have told you! (followed by a monologue on the superiority of 3-pc Redline cranks - or other obsessive drivel.) Happy days ...

[TimO]

Interestingly, Harris Cyclery has replacement bits for one-piece cranks, including cranks which will take 9/16" pedals, and pedal thread converters.  Of course postage will probably make using any of these ruinously expensive.