I had to use a fatty pedal allen wrench, a cheater bar, and a sock wrapped around the whole thing to get my old Truvativ crank off. I worked my hand raw trying to get the nut loose until the dumby side of my brain gave-up and I added some padding to the lever arm.

Tom, you're a lucky guy to have such strong gorillas building bikes for you. With as tight as that crank was on, anyone buying a bike from you should feel secure that nothing will ever come loose during a ride. I just hope my new carbon crank is on there as securely.

Is it legal to employ great apes in the state of Michigan? What does one feed a bike-building gorilla? Pedro's Velo Grease and old tires?