Darren S.
The crank shaft in the lower bracket snapped
The crank shaft in the lower bracket snapped off on the right hand side of my Schwinn IC8 bike that is only four years old. Not sure what type of metal they are using for this, but I've been cycling years and never seen this type of failure. I'm guessing it's just poor quality. It just shouldn't really happen considering the bike is indoors out of the elements and supposed to be of high quality and was very expensive. I've been trying to source a replacement part here in Ireland, but only one's I can find are back order with no time frame of delivery from a company in the US that gets less than favourable reviews. Schwinn themselves seem to only ship to US and Canada. So it looks like I'm stuck and need to source another bike. It won't be a Schwinn this time or every again. Very disappointed to be honest, expected much better.