Steven m Johnson <grisha2@juno.com> writes: <... It's the use and abuse that caused the failure. ...>
i concur 1000%. e-RICHIE chester
> On Thu, 16 May 2002 21:20:12 -0400 Richard M Sachs
> <richardsachs@juno.com> writes:
> > i.e. cranks don't 'just' fail...yes-after making hundreds of
> > thousands of them over 5 decades, all installed by mechanics
> > and homebodies of varying degreesof expertise and used in
> > all sorts of conditions-there are bound to be a few problems.
> > i don't think that the cranks deserve the attention they are
> > getting; they are dependable in my book. always have been!
>
> It's the use and abuse that caused the failure. How many times do
> you
> hear pedals scrape in a race? Probably not much in the higher cats
> and
> vets, but among the young it happens more.
>
> I've seen three broken Campy cranks. All abused. Two of them were
> scarred
> from striking pavement on a corner, and the other was in a crash
> that I
> am convinced set it up to fail.
>
> If it is vintage, it is good know if it was on that Olmo (blue,
> pantographed) and used lighty and mostly sat for 20 years, or if
> some
> hairy neanderthal with shaved legs thought he was going to be the
> next
> Steve Bauer and liked skipping his back wheel with the arm on
> corners.
> Same thing that broke those Campy ti BB spindles?
>
>
> Steven M. Johnson, Chesapeake, VA
>
>
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