Re: [CR]Cottered Crank Safety

(Example: Framebuilders:Mario Confente)

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Date: Mon, 9 Jul 2001 21:25:58 -0700
To: Joseph Bender-Zanoni <jfbender@umich.edu>
From: "Monkeyman" <monkey37@bluemarble.net>
Subject: Re: [CR]Cottered Crank Safety
Cc: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org


>Anyone hear of high quality steel cranks breaking?

Um. . . yes. We actually talked about this last month when a bike went up on Ebay that had a broken steel crank. I've personally brazed on 2 pedal eye replacements in the past. Steel cranks do break, good materials never overcome poor design. I've also seen a few pair of modern broken steel cranks too. Steel has a fatigue limit too it's just not as low as aluminum. I do believe that well designed steel cranks are much less likely to break though. enjoy, Brandon"monkeyman"Ives

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