Looking at the web site I see the DaVinci/White Industries Q factor is listed at a whopping 158 mm. Jeez! A stance that wide would getcha arrested at the Minneapolis-St. Paul airport. Hopefully that's just for triples and doubles are narrower than that.
The trend to ridiculously wide cranks is an annoying anti-ergonomic one. I've been sticking with my Ritcheys (138-140 mm Q) for years as a result (I've got a set of Truvativ cranks that are 140 mm wide too). Of course wide cranks are the consequence of stoopidly short chain stays combined with unnecessarily wide cassettes with 10 or 11 cogs on 'em. I am baffled by cranks with birthing chair Q factors as a standard. Certainly there are people whom these cranks work well for, but there are a lot of folks for whom they don't. Seems like it ought to be possible to offer a range... -- 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-bunch@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.
