Re: [CR]the ultimate death bike

(Example: Framebuilders:Doug Fattic)

Date: Sat, 08 Dec 2007 16:49:42 -0600
From: "John Thompson" <john@os2.dhs.org>
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re: [CR]the ultimate death bike
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Mark Stonich wrote:
> At 12/7/2007 12:28 PM -0800, Peter Brueggeman wrote:
>> Let's not forget Cinelli M71 pedals for the ultimate death bike....
>
> And mount those pedals in a set of Avocet cranks. They bragged about
> being lighter than Campi, but saving weight around the pedal eye wasn't
> too smart. I personally saw two break. One was during a Crit. and 3
> riders ended up in the hospital.

I must be a wimp. I have 3 sets of Avocet cranks; none have broken (yet).

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John Thompson (john@os2.dhs.org)
Appleton WI USA