In a message dated 1/10/01 10:04:29 AM Eastern Standard Time, KCTOMMY@email.msn.com writes:
<< a Sampson Stratics crankset >>
They did have a breakage problem in the form of cracks developing around square bb axle insertion hole. Later versions had an extra "lump" on the back side of the arm to help this. Not a "catastrophic failure deal though.... Dale Brown