THE RICKPAULOS COLLECTION

[rickpaulos]

Glimmer, Shimmer, Sparkle & Shine
Covered with sea horses, red hearts and stars
But what steals the show is the mile of welds.

 

[Wayne]

Tuned this up for a kid today. I tried to test ride it. I made it about 100 feet and had to walk it back. Something was bizarrely wrong. If felt like my leg stopped working or my hip was going to dislocate. Turns out the crank is not 180, more like 170/190 degrees. This why our shop policy is to test ride every bike. There are some problems you will never notice on the work stand. Issues that will be revealed in seconds while riding. I replaced the crank and all is okay. The right side bearing cage was shredded as a bonus.

I've called it "Hip Popper crank". I'm thinking the crank will go on a full size demo bike that needs a name like "most undesirable ride". Here ride this and tell me what you think. Paint it some bright color and brand it "Hip Popper". It could make for a fun bait bike too.

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When I was a kid riding my bike I bent a crank like that. One of my rides to a friend's house took me through a parking lot. There were cement car stops with metal pipes to keep them in place. Plenty of room to ride between them, but you needed to keep the crank level as you go through. I didn't do that one time, flipped me right off the bike and I was air born. Very painful lesson.