Hey everyone, its been months since I've last posted!!
Anyways, I have a 10yo bicycle which is essentially still new... Well, its not mine, its my brothers... Lemme give you a brief story which will lead into my question...
About 10 years ago, Pepsi had a promotional deal called 'Pepsi Stuff', where you could collect there 'Pepsi Points' to trade in for stuff they had in a catalog. My brother (who is autistic) got the catalog, and decided right away he wanted the collect enough points to get the Mountain Bike they offered (almost 3000 points for it)... He collected points from everywhere, and finally saved enough to get the bike.
The Bike came in the mail, and I wanted to put it together--rather simple... front tire, adjust the breaks, put on the pedals... I was about 15 at the time, and neglected to use common sense while putting one of the pedals on, and I started it cross-threaded... Rather then taking it off to put it on right, I figured I needed to muscle it on instead (DOH!)...I ended up cross threading the pedal... Got it on, and took it out... and after about 5-10 minutes, the pedal started to wobble, and eventually stripped all the threads off the arm. AAAAAND I ruined the bike my brother spent all this time and effort on... He never even got to ride it :-(
So 10 or so years later, the Bike still sits in our basement... broke and sad. He doesn't care about the bike anymore, but I want to fix it as I still feel guilty about what happened. I know the bike's value is rather low... I don't think its much more then a cheap mountain bike with pepsi and fila stickers slapped on it. Not to mention, I have literally no money...
Is there any way I can fix it? The pedal itself is ok still... the arm is ok minus where the threads are for the pedal... Is there any way to get a pedal with a thicker bolt pattern and re-tap the existing arm? I looked for replacement pedals, and only found 1/2inch and 9/16inch... I would need something thicker then 9/16 im sure because it is boared out really good in that... The local bike shop said it would be a minimum of $50 to get replacement parts for it... I don't have $50, and the bike itself is not worth $50, so its hard to justify that.
I know its not a motorbike related question, but I thought maybe someone could help me on this... I can take pictures in the morning if it would help. Thanks alot everyone, and sorry I got so long winded!
Anyways, I have a 10yo bicycle which is essentially still new... Well, its not mine, its my brothers... Lemme give you a brief story which will lead into my question...
About 10 years ago, Pepsi had a promotional deal called 'Pepsi Stuff', where you could collect there 'Pepsi Points' to trade in for stuff they had in a catalog. My brother (who is autistic) got the catalog, and decided right away he wanted the collect enough points to get the Mountain Bike they offered (almost 3000 points for it)... He collected points from everywhere, and finally saved enough to get the bike.
The Bike came in the mail, and I wanted to put it together--rather simple... front tire, adjust the breaks, put on the pedals... I was about 15 at the time, and neglected to use common sense while putting one of the pedals on, and I started it cross-threaded... Rather then taking it off to put it on right, I figured I needed to muscle it on instead (DOH!)...I ended up cross threading the pedal... Got it on, and took it out... and after about 5-10 minutes, the pedal started to wobble, and eventually stripped all the threads off the arm. AAAAAND I ruined the bike my brother spent all this time and effort on... He never even got to ride it :-(
So 10 or so years later, the Bike still sits in our basement... broke and sad. He doesn't care about the bike anymore, but I want to fix it as I still feel guilty about what happened. I know the bike's value is rather low... I don't think its much more then a cheap mountain bike with pepsi and fila stickers slapped on it. Not to mention, I have literally no money...
Is there any way I can fix it? The pedal itself is ok still... the arm is ok minus where the threads are for the pedal... Is there any way to get a pedal with a thicker bolt pattern and re-tap the existing arm? I looked for replacement pedals, and only found 1/2inch and 9/16inch... I would need something thicker then 9/16 im sure because it is boared out really good in that... The local bike shop said it would be a minimum of $50 to get replacement parts for it... I don't have $50, and the bike itself is not worth $50, so its hard to justify that.
I know its not a motorbike related question, but I thought maybe someone could help me on this... I can take pictures in the morning if it would help. Thanks alot everyone, and sorry I got so long winded!