Re: [CR]A few TA technical questions

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Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2005 15:20:17 -0500
From: "Peter Jon White" <lists@peterwhitecycles.com>
To: marc garcia <marcgarcia80@ameritech.net>
Subject: Re: [CR]A few TA technical questions
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marc garcia wrote:
>
> Also, I picked up a TA cyclo touriste crankset very
> cheap, 10.00. The reason they were so cheap is because
> they were obviously involved in a crash. The non drive
> side is fine. The drive side was gauged up right
> around the dust cap area. I went over both cranks very
> well and did not see any cracks so I bought them, I
> figure the chainrings are worth at least that price. I
> filed down the driveside crank a bit to get ride of
> some of the gouges, then I polished them. You can
> still see the file marks a bit but it looks alot
> better than it did before. Was there anything wrong
> with what i did? would anyone advise against riding
> these?

Assuming TA didn't put any more aluminum in the Pro 5 Vis than they thought necessary, I think you should use your own judgement. ;-)

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