Don, it's essentially aesthetics either way. My eye is offended by designs that obviously use more metal than is necessary on classic lightweights.
I'm pretty sure those cranks work just as well as a conventional contemporary pair. There's probably even contemporary straight cranks that weigh more.
Kurt Sperry Bellingham WA
On 6/30/06, Don Wilson <dcwilson3@yahoo.com> wrote:
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> Kurt, I believe it was Friar Sheldon who quoted the
> exquisitely "miserable" Hugo, or another French
> luminary saying: "A beautiful thing is as useful as a
> useful thing." Please do not deny me ma petit belle
> epoch containing these curved cranks. ;-)
> Don Wilson
> Los Olivos, CA USA
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