He probably means he lost 11 pounds - of body weight, drilling them by hand :-> and and a further 5 ozs. of aluminium alloy. Just think how much weight he'd lose pantographing it !
Bob (typo's are my speciallity) Reid Stonehaven Scotland
> From: "walter skrzypek" <wspokes1@hotmail.com>
> Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2001 10:59:08 -0400
> To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
> Subject: [CR]weird ebay auction and I need zeus left crankarm
>
>
> Check out this drilled out chainring on Ebay, and read the description. By
> drilling out this chainring...and I quote..."saved 11 pounds".
>
> http://ebay.com/
>
> I need a left sided Zeus crankarm, 170mm is the size. I actually have two
> incomplete cranks so I need two. But, if someone has a 175mm Zeus crankset
> that they would like to trade for the 170mm, let me know also. I would really
> like a 175 but I am willing to spin around on the 170mm to just stay retro
> zeus happy. Thanks in advance.
>
>
> Walt S
>
> Falls Creek, Pa