Re: [CR] engraved vs. etched campy crankarms

(Example: Framebuilders:Bernard Carré)

Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2005 01:22:03 +0100
From: "Martin Appel" <martin@camelot.de>
To: chuckschmidt@earthlink.net
Subject: Re: [CR] engraved vs. etched campy crankarms
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Chuck Schmidt schrieb:
> gpvb1@comcast.net wrote:
>
>>No, that was a broken Ti Super Record BB spindle, actually, I believe. The arm was intact. A major heartbreaker.... Probably the beginning of the end of the SR bottom bracket.
>>
>>Greg Parker
>>Ann Arbor, Michigan
>
>
>
> The possibility of a Campagnolo TI Super Record BB axle breaking was
> well know quite a few years before Larry Fignon hit the deck when his
> broke. A foolhardy move for a seasoned pro.
>
> What was that, just last year, where a pro "lost his chain" in a TT
> because he decided not to run a front derailleur? Stoooopid.

Millar in the Jubilee's Tour Prologue, i believe. The athlete involved has been proved to do other foolish things as well, afair.

Martin Appel
from finally springtime Munich, Germany