P*ss me off this morning... nice "warmish" enough to bike commute into work. Some ice but "soft" enough that with studded it's no problem. I get about 5.5km into the commute and after going through a softer icy'ish section w/ gravel on the sides I hear grinding and what feels like some resistance in my drive train. As I'm looking down at my chainrings and chain my left cleated shoe flies off. WTF. Turns out my ~5yrs old CrankBros Candy pedal imploded, committing hari kari internally as somehow bushings/seals/whatever all fail and the pedal body comes off the spindle. FFS. Seems to happen about every 3-5 years on my all-season use clipins. Anyways, hobbled back home, quick shower, drive into work and paid parking. Also bummed about losing my commute on a nice day. sigh...
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