Jerry Moos wrote:
>
> (snip) Original All-Plastic Bike someone tried to push in the
> 70's. This was evidently mostly a scam to bilk investors
Not "mostly"... it was a scam.
> BTW speaking of other materials replacing steel, how many old steel crankarms ever broke? I'll
> bet steel crank failures were a lot rarer than the alloy crank failures like
> the ones on the web site someone posted a link to.
I have come across more than a few broken steel cranks in my search for vintage bike parts over the years.
Chuck Schmidt South Pasadena, California
ps How about eliminating the practice of cc'ing everyone when posting on this list? One post addressed to the list is plenty for me. And a little editing via "cut and paste" would be most welcome!