Well, actually, I don't know if they were a NAPA shop officially. When in Bend, I broke my Crankbrothers pedal JRA. The spring that holds the wings gave up, so I thought I'd have to buy a new pedal. Not so. This solution, thanks to an auto repair shop and $1, works great. Sarah and I cam up with it collaboratively (I executed the solution on the trail with zipties from my rear brake line, but they proved not to be strong enough, she suggested a hose clamp). Of course, you only get a single clip-in side, rather than 4, but it's surprisingly easy to get into anyway, since the hose clamp tends to hang straight down and put the good side up.
I was pretty pleased with my cleverness, and it allowed us to ride for the last 2 days of our trip, without buying any new pedals.
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I had eggbeaters give out on me on vacation once also. The plastic bushing on the end gave way and the body came off the spindle. My on the trail fix? I fashioned a new bushing out of duct tape. It would work for about 20 minutes then I'd have to rebuild it again. At least it got me out of the woods!
~E
walt,
that is an amazing coincidence. follow me on this one. I am in seattle, and on my way to Rainier today I passed an auto parts store called Walts. the a was hexaganol in nature and there was a wrench fixed to it. thought of you, now you are writing about auto parts saving your bike, and your name is walt. that is crazy. oh, and i forgot my blogger password again, so i am back to anonymous
-mike morton
this is why i love bailing wire! yay for bailing wire! and mini vicegrips!
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