On Sun, December 28, 2008 3:23 pm, john strizek wrote:
> I have long wonderd why I have trouble finding orphan crank arms mat
> ches. I have wondered about the failure of Campagnolo drive side
> 'spider'
> cracks and resulting failures. Shouldn't that result in more off side
> orpha ns than drive side orphans? Why is it that orphan crank arms are
> availabl e for the drive side more than the off side arms? I can
> only imagine that tandem 'take-offs' result in more drive arm orphans
> being available than off side arms, for TA cranksets. Even with tha t
> cranksets not usually associated with tandem usage still have more driv e
> side orphans than non-drive side arms. Is it possible that in racing
> more off side arms hit the pavement and are broken that drive side arms?
> I love finding orphans as a sub-hobby.
> Happy Trails,
> John Strizek
>
It's funny. I started collecting Gran Sport back in 1999, when all the Japanese collectors were buying up all of the high end Campy stuff. I got a nice NOS spider with chainrings and have been looking for a NOS L sided crank arm ever since without luck. I have NR and other GS stuff, but no orphan L GS crankarm.
Keith Kessel
new old kid on the block