Re: [CR]Now: MAVIC/OMAS/SR Was: O.M.A.S. Cranks made by SR..?

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Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2003 12:59:42 -0500
From: "Joe Bender-Zanoni" <joebz@optonline.net>
Subject: Re: [CR]Now: MAVIC/OMAS/SR Was: O.M.A.S. Cranks made by SR..?
To: Duane Kennard <d.kennard@adelphia.net>, Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
References: <B22273DA-2E29-11D7-9E9F-000393696FD0@adelphia.net>


I have a different OMAS crank from this one that looks OMAS made. It is the beefiest 5 arm 144 mm dia.Campy type crank I have seen.

Joe Bender-Zanoni
Great Notch, NJ


----- Original Message -----
From: Duane Kennard
To: Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2003 11:51 AM
Subject: Re: [CR]Now: MAVIC/OMAS/SR Was: O.M.A.S. Cranks made by SR..?



>
> Yup; it's looking that way to me too...
>
> I was surprised though, as I'd heard that Mavic manufactured all their
> stuff except for the brakes. Since O.M.A.S. was machining Ti bits for
> Campagnolo, and they did hubs, BBs, headsets, etc., I thought their
> operation may be big enough for them to do their own cranks as well...
> I guess the investment in forging & crank tooling for both Mavic and
> O.M.A.S. would have been much greater than paying SR for their cranks.
> BTW- how common are those SR Royal cranks? I almost never see them;
> they seem as rare as the Mavic & O.M.A.S.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Duane Kennard
>
> LA,CA
>
> On Tuesday, January 21, 2003, at 10:22 PM, Chuck Schmidt wrote:
>
> > Here's my guess as to the actual manufacturer of the cranks. Compare
> > the size of the individual companies. MAVIC... small. OMAS... small.
> > SR... large (Sakae Ringyo is second largest crank manufacturer next to
> > Shimano).
> >
> > I'll go with SR
> >
> > Chuck Schmidt
> > South Pasadena, Southern California