Yep I just lost an arm, the left that is, with my foot pedal.
I finally had all my bike components complete ready to be assembled. All of the parts are pretty much in place all it needs is the proper tool to be tuned and tightened where it needs some tightening.
I set out early with my dad to have the bike tuned at a local bike shop, than plan was to walk all the way to shop and ride the bike on the way home.
half way through the walk dad noticed that the left crank arm together with the foot pedal is missing.
My fault obviously. I was to scared to tighten the bolts last night because the arm is not on its proper place yet. During the walk in the bumpy road it must have slipped and fell.
We both did not hear it fall nor noticed it fall.
Bike road his bike and backtracked where we walked. I started to walk back as well checking all the pot holes and crevices on the road where the arm might have fallen. Reached home without finding it.
I'm in now in the process of checking if I can buy a single crank arm in our local Shimano Dealer.
This is the second time I had a bad experience with Shimano Zee Crankset. First one is that I bought a Zee crankset from a fellow rider neglecting to check what is the length of the BB shell and crank shaft length, yes it was for a DH frame with 83mm BB shells. My fault as well. Now this with my new Zee cranks. Clearly my fault again. sheesh... (>_<)
Lesson learned - don't be careless. Don't be stooopid.
