Broken spindle

[marciero]

For your amusement. This is Sugino OX 601. The spindle has shorn partially through. Im not particularly powerful or heavy. Was just cruising along when this happened. The photo was taken after i pried the crank off partially. The bearing load was properly adjusted though in the past i had experienced some backing out of the adjustment screw, and subsequently the crank arm, possibly putting more shear force on the spindle. The last time this happened i also noticed some flaking off of the metal in the slots of the spindle. Like shale. This latest happened near the end of the first leg of a mini tour. Cajoled ($$) a diesel mechanic whose shop i broke down in front of for a ride. Luckily was relatively close to my destination (mom's, providence). Luckily, i have options for tomorrow, including use of a car (mom again).

[marciero]

Oops wrong place. Mods??

[AngryScientist]

ouch, that's not good.

hope you send that photo off to sugino, i'm sure they would be interested in this failure.

hope you can sort that out quickly and be back on your way!

[marciero]

ouch, that's not good.

hope you send that photo off to sugino, i'm sure they would be interested in this failure.

hope you can sort that out quickly and be back on your way!

Yes probably a good idea. Not sure about replacing with another OX now. Maybe this is a freak failure, or has something to do with the issues i experienced in the past. With the metal flaking i was able to scrape away a thin layer of metal from many of the spline depressions/cut-outs. That cant be good. They each came off in one piece like a shim.

As far as my trip-part of my adventure is taking the train with the bike. Yesterday i took amtrak portland to boston then rode to providence (almost). Tomorrow i was scheduled to ride newport to boston then take train back to portland. I will say that the train worked out great. Im a little reluctant to spend money on what would likely be a temporary replacement crank when i have them at home. So was considering just take train from providence tomorrow but one logistical twist is that they dont accept bikes on all trains, and for tains that accept them, only at certain stops. As far as i can tell you cant put them on in provy.

[weisan]

m-pal, sorry to hear about your mishap, but you know, it's really part of the adventure, remember this?

[oldpotatoe]

m-pal, sorry to hear about your mishap, but you know, it's really part of the adventure, remember this?

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For the OP, yup, talk to the people where you got it or maybe Sugino..they would be interested..
https://www.suginoltd.co.jp/us/inquiry/index.php
The last time this happened

This the second time?

[marciero]

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For the OP, yup, talk to the people where you got it or maybe Sugino..they would be interested..
https://www.suginoltd.co.jp/us/inquiry/index.php


This the second time?

No, i meant this major mechanical as opposed to the other issues i experienced in past

[marciero]

m-pal, sorry to hear about your mishap, but you know, it's really part of the adventure, remember this?


Indeed i do! Stripped thru axle. Weird proprietary standard. Another potential tour-ending mechanical. I dodged that one using vice grips to tighten

[AngryScientist]

If I were in Prov i'd let you borrow a crank to get you on your way. I think I'd avoid another OX personally after that one. Lots of good lower gear options out there now.

[marciero]

If I were in Prov i'd let you borrow a crank to get you on your way. I think I'd avoid another OX personally after that one. Lots of good lower gear options out there now.

I appreciate the sentiment. I may want review MarkMcM's comprehensive treatises on sram subcompact low Q options. Or maybe the new shimano gpx. You're right-lots of options.