Cleaned my Trek XO1 t'other day. Fitted new crank as old one very dead. I had to cut crank arms of old one as far as the pedal thread to get the pedals out having tried various allen keys (time pedals), blowtorch, soaking in Brunox etc. The problem with the old FSA Omega was it squeaked, so I nipped up the pinch bolts on the axle and promptly snapped the crank arm - oops.
Anyway, new Sram Apex cranks fitted (48 TA outer and Sram 34 inner), pedals on and off I went for a shake down.
Few miles in a and I caught a nice bloke riding steady. I joined him until he politely pointed out that my bike was a "bit mucky". I considered defending my situation with winter bike, cross bike type reasons but gave up and simply explained that I am lazy, the drivetrain is kept clean and a bit of mud does not slow me down.
Needless to say I have re-cleaned the bike.
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