Better: http://images.andale.com/f2/115/106/3561856/2007/11/14/thin_french_cranks.jpg
http://images.andale.com/f2/115/106/3561856/2007/11/10/chrome_french_cranks.jpg http://www.classiclightweights.co.uk/bikes/jrj-rb1.jpg http://www.velobase.com/CompImages/Crankset/749D8E48-5706-4714-B375-1C607B918C18.jpeg http://www.coopertechnica.com/_image/1951-RO-Harrison-Bicycle-3.jpg On Sun, Mar 7, 2010 at 1:36 PM, PATRICK MOORE <bertin...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > 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 > > -- Patrick Moore Albuquerque, NM For professional resumes, contact Patrick Moore, ACRW at resumespecialt...@gmail.com (505) 227-0523 -- 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.
