On Sun, Mar 7, 2010 at 1:26 PM, Tim McNamara <tim...@bitstream.net> wrote:
> > Aluminum alloys fall in between and are worth inspecting, especially cranks > at the pedal eye, handlebars/stems and rim braking surfaces. > I wonder: if all the research and attention and money had gone into updating those wonderfull-looking, spidery-thin pro-level cottered cranks of yore, as well as the old steel stems and bars, how light could we have gotten them with modern alloys while still maintaining that steel-don't-usually-snap safety margin? (No better looking cranks IMO than some of those old steel ones used by Bartali et alii.) http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ERxywogDj9Y/SaTCEzWlEjI/AAAAAAAAAR4/tr89K1SovCs/s320/DSC02857.JPG -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
