Re: [CR]Racing question/baseball donut philosophy

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From: <"richardsachs@juno.com">
Date: Fri, 7 Jan 2005 13:24:58 GMT
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re: [CR]Racing question/baseball donut philosophy


no arguement. steve asked about fitting from afar. i don't think q factor affects choices that i would make on behalf of a client. e-RICHIE chester, ct


-- "Dan Christopherson" wrote:


Hmmmm... I think Campy (and others) realized the importance of Q-factor very early on. Cases-in-point: 1) all those right crank arms scuffed from FDs - not much room there. 2) the modern ubiquitous curved right crank arm - when short BB spindles came into vogue, Campy was the first to curve the crank arm around the FD to keep the pedals in the right place. Contrast this with later Japanese designs with outrageously large Q-factors. Which would you rather ride?

Dan Christopherson Lopez Island

e-RICHIE wrote:
>i think q factor is one of those 90s things that's yet
>to find it's way into the fitting cycle