I have an NOS pair of the "boxy" Dura-Ace, too, and think they're about the purtiest cranks ever, with honorable mentions for 7410 and the Octalink "9-speed" cranks which followed. If you go to www.harriscyclery.net, the home page has a pic of a Brompton with those cranks. All of the pre-outboard Dura-Ace cranks are gourgeous.
Joe Bernard Vallejo, CA. On Wednesday, May 7, 2014 5:51:49 PM UTC-7, Anton Tutter wrote: > I've got mostly complete 8-spd DA 740x on my Trek 560, and the shifting is > very smooth and accurate (using DA brifters) with a cheap new SRAM 13-26 > hyperglide casstte, the only non-DA part of the drivetrain. I don't have an > old uniglide to compare it with (which is what that DA group would have > come with) but the hyperglide just works so nicely. It's never missed a > shift. It's also almost completely silent in most gear combos, can't say > that about newer 78xx/79xx. My cranks are the 7402, and I actually prefer > the boxy shape to the more heavily sculpted 7410 :-). > > Anton > > > On Wednesday, May 7, 2014 4:13:41 PM UTC-7, Patrick Moore wrote: >> >> For the Ram; half the motive is just the conceit of having an all or >> more-or-less all Dura Ace drivetrain; the other is to get a bit more gap >> between inside of right arm and middle of outer ring. >> >> At any rate, I lucked into a very nice, 170 mm pair for $72 shipped >> Priority. They arrived today. 2-3 small scratches on the drive side arm, >> but overall very good. >> >> What pretty cranks! I've seen the older, 740X model which is squarer in >> form; it's nice. But damn if the 7410 isn't prettier, in my experience. And >> so silvery and shiny! IMO, one of the prettiest cranks I've seen, and I've >> seen plenty, with its spare, light shape and bright finish. >> >> As usual, sometime listmember Ryan Watson has -- of course -- the >> requisite 103 mm Phil bearing assembly to swap for my 115. >> >> Now my only remaining decision is between 8 speed DA shifters (for >> indexing) or nice Silvers or similar for friction. >> >> I've heard that the 8 speed Hyperglide indexes better than the 7 speed >> stuff: is that true? >> >> >> -- >> Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, and letters that get interviews. >> By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching. >> Other professional writing services. >> http://www.resumespecialties.com/ >> Patrick Moore >> Albuquerque, Nouvelle Mexique, Etats Unis >> >> ************************************* >> >> "In yourself right now is all the place you've got." >> Flannery O'Connor >> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
