A few years back Grant bemoaned having to install or remove a Campy crankset. Just a complete bear of a job requiring expensive proprietary tools.
But let this be a lesson to you: Do not deviate from the Zephyr! On 7/27/13, Eric Norris <[email protected]> wrote: > I haven't taken one of those apart, but I assumed they came apart more > easily–like UltraTorque. > > –Eric N > Sent from iOS 7 > >> On Jul 27, 2013, at 7:56 PM, Don Compton <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Eric, >> I am very familiar with the the workings of a "power torque" Athena >> crankset. The left crankarm is attached to the one piece spindel that is >> permanently attached to the right side crankarm. It is totally different >> than "ultra torque". In addition, there is a slight taper on the spindel, >> you can't see it. The left arm wedges itself very tightly to the spindel >> and I bet you could remove the fixing bolt and the crankarm still would >> not loosen. You need to do a little homework. >> Don C. >> >>> On Saturday, July 27, 2013 7:46:41 PM UTC-7, Eric Norris wrote: >>> Athena doesn't have crankarms that come off the spindle. Like Record and >>> Chorus, it has an integrated crankarm/spindle. >>> >>> What were you trying to remove? >>> >>> –Eric N >>> Sent from iOS 7 >>> >>>> On Jul 27, 2013, at 7:39 PM, Don Compton <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> I own a Roadeo, my third Rivendell, and will probably keep it forever. I >>>> am a tinkerer and have installed several cranksets on the frame. My >>>> recent experience is worth noting. I bought a new Campy Athena crankset. >>>> The quality of this crankset is as good as it gets. The bearings are >>>> flawless and there were no creeks. >>>> Well, I decided to remove and replace the crankset. I could not get the >>>> left crankarm off. I took my bike to a super bike shop in Sacramento and >>>> they removed the crank, only after breaking a Park tool. >>>> Bottom line, the quality of Campy's Athena group is very high, but the >>>> crankset is not an easy item to work with. >>>> Long story, I went back to the crank length that I had been using for 25 >>>> years and reinstalled my Philwood BB and TA Zephyr cranks. >>>> Don C. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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 [email protected]. >>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> -- >> 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 [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> > > -- > 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 [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- Cheers, David "it isn't a contest. Just enjoy the ride." - Seth Vidal -- 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 [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
