RE: [CR]Broken Retro Crank

(Example: Framebuilding:Paint)

Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2001 17:37:11 -0400
From: "gregparker1" <GregParker1@compuserve.com>
Subject: RE: [CR]Broken Retro Crank
To: "Stockwell, Brad" <BRAD.STOCKWELL@mpp.cpii.com>
Cc: gregparker1 <110404.153@compuserve.com>, classicrendezvous@bikelist.org, "'chuckschmidt@earthlink.net'" <chuckschmidt@earthlink.net>


Brad:

Ouch. I've heard of that failure mode also. Approx. how many miles were on those crankarms when they failed?

Greg Parker

P.S. Gladly taking any uncracked 175 NR/SR arms you'd like to jettison, but NOS is best....!

Brad Stockwell wrote:


>My own 175mm NR right crank arm looks identical to picture #006: the pedal
>hangar cracked right through the middle in Nov '98. The resulting road-rash
>taught me to use modern cranks on the bikes that get heavy use.