On July of 2014, while cleaning my Cervelo R5 on a beautiful summer day,
I noticed that my crank was wobbly. Upon closer inspection by Billy’s Pro Bike, the lock ring that fasten the crank to the spider of the crank was cracked. Long story short, I contacted Rotors in the US and their customer support was superb. I got a replacement spider and crank assembly. However I never took the opportunity to put it back on my bike. At the time I was riding with a used crank from Billy’s.
On the first day of 2017, I took some time in the new year to tune my bike.
- Replaced my worn out Dura-Ace 11-25 cassette with a brand new Ultegra 11-28 cassette, that I got at a Boxing Dale Sale at La Bicicletta;
- Replaced a bent drop out that was bent out of shape in a multi-bike piled up during the spring of 2016;
- Tune both my rear and front derailleurs;
- Took my chain off and gave it a thorough cleaning and re-greasing;
- AND FINALLY replaced by front crank assembly
Here are the results:
It took me more than 4 hours. I guess I am not cut out to be a bike mechanic, and I better keep my day job!
I am so tired, I’ll test out the bike tomorrow.
I’m sure it will take you half the time for my bike. Hehe
Yours may be even longer because it requires cable tensioning. Mine is at least electronic. 🙂