So I am riding my bike the 4 miles to the office for the morning commute, and it is making quite a racket in the drivetrain someplace. I forget about it and take the bike out for the Thursday night training ride after work.
About most of the way through the warmup section, I start to notice that my left pedal seems lose. I wonder if the carbon crank is giving out, or what was going on. I decide to clip out, and the entire pedal comes OFF the axle! OPPS! The pedal head drops to the road and I am left with one pedal on the right side and one axle on the left. Not good.
So I go back, pick up the head, shove it in my back pocket, and decide to ride to the bike store. I pick the flattest route there. I can pedal with my left foot if I concentrate on keeping it on the axle. I can average around 18, not too shabby, considering I had just about 30 minutes to get to the shop before they closed.
I arrive at Bicycle World in Mt Kisco (highly recommended shop if you live in Westchester NY) and they swap it out with a loaner pedal as a temporary fix. I continue the ride, but of course, I have lost the group at this point.
Saturday, I go back to Bicycle World and Eric is able to replace the sealed bearing in the pedal, and it works like new. Apparently Bebop uses standard sealed bearings and you can swap them out. I had the bearing replaced in both pedals for $25, and I was back in business.
While I don't like the fact that the Bebops failed in just 3 years of riding, they were easy to fix, and that is a big plus.
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