We got back around 1 PM and I got on the 1:07 Caltrain. Gotta love Silicon Valley. 15 minutes later I was getting off the Caltrain at Bayshore, there had been an "incident" at San Bruno. Given I had Cubs tickets for tonight work was a wash. Best to just ride home.
As I headed through Noe Valley I decided it was a good day to snap some shots at Bespoke Cycles, the new bike store in Noe. I could also ask the mechanic about a click I had been hearing in my bottom bracket. We quickly determined the problem :(
A very gnarly crack across the top of my bottom bracket. It actually goes around the back side of the seat tube - the mechanic spotted it from the opposite side of that shown in the photo.
Good thing it was found now and not while descending Kingsbury Grade.
RIP my friend.
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What kind of warranty does Seven have?
I saw the San Bruno incident mentioned on Twitter/Caltrain as a fatality. The Chron says it was a woman lying down on the tracks. Bummer.
My knowledge - admittedly with little research, is that Seven has a Bitchin' warranty, capital B. After a short period of mourning and some emotional anguish, I decided to bring the bike back to Bespoke Cycles instead of Palo Alto Bikes where I bought the bike. PA bikes is a Bitchin' shop but Bespoke is 4 blocks from my house and is a smaller boutique shop selling only Seven, Serrotta, and Guru. And that way I don't have to hassle with getting the broken bike to Palo Alto.
I was the person who twittered out the fatality, we stopped at Bayshore. Could have been worse, had the woman been a minute or two later, she would have laid down in front of *our* train.
Thanks for sending that caltrain txt -- I got it on my phone.
Rest in pieces. Sad to say goodbye to an old friend. My Schwinn Paramount story if interested.
Oh, bummer! An opportunity though -- you'll soon have a new frame at a very reasonable cost (or perhaps free?) Ti's fatigue properties are such that I'm quite surprised at the failure mode, maybe Seven will be too!
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