Re: [CR]Was: Campy crank breakage, Now: General Campy shortcomings

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Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2002 19:49:28 -0700
From: "Chuck Schmidt" <chuckschmidt@earthlink.net>
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re: [CR]Was: Campy crank breakage, Now: General Campy shortcomings
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Joe Bender-Zanoni wrote:
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> I think Jim Merz may have something that the alloy was less than optimum.
> Anyone know a consistent Campy breaker who tried Sugino or Stronglight and
> the cranks survived? Another important datapoint would be track riders.

Well if you are a reader of Jobst Brandt posts on his trips and equipment failures you find that he has broken _every_ brand of crank made. Even steel ones!!! He is very tall and very light and loves climbing in the Alps out of the saddle.

Like I said before: Any crank ridden hard enough and long enough can, and will, break.

Chuck Schmidt SoPas, SoCal

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