Thanks, Scott. I found the Andel <http://www.andel.com.tw/products/products_show.php?language=_eng&pid=3&cid=18> site.
I also found Origin8 and TA cranksets that have the look. The TA Cyclotourist Pro 5 VIS <http://www.renehersestore.com/catalog/TA%20172.5%20arm%20and%20bb%20combo.JPG> but at around $440 for just the arms and spider, it comes pretty dearly. The IRD can be had for around $170 here<http://smartbikeparts.com/cart.php?action=add&itm_id=SBP28693&continue=search_details.php%3Fitm%3DSBP28693 6195073090> which is competitive with the Sugino Alpina. The IRD has a better q-factor (140 mm versus 159 mm) but I am not very sophisticated about what q-factor means to me or how it affects me. The immortal Sheldon Brown gives a plausible case for q-factor, or tread: The tread, or "Q factor" of a crankset is the horizontal width of the cranks, measured from where the pedals screw in. The wider the tread, the farther apart your feet will be. It is generally considered a good idea to keep the tread fairly narrow. There are three main reasons for this: - The hip joint is optimized for walking, and in normal walking the footsteps are pretty much in line, with little or no "tread." - For standing pedaling, the farther out the pedals are from the centerline, the harder you have to pull on the handlebar to counterbalance the tendency of the pedaling force to tip the bike sideways. - The wider the tread, the higher the bottom bracket needs to be to prevent clipping a pedal while pedaling through a turn. 19 mm difference is between 5/8 and 3/4 of an inch. I have never really had cranksets with different q factors side by side, but I have clipped a pedal and flipped a bike. So I am somewhat programmed to agree smaller might be better. Thanks, Tom On Sunday, December 1, 2013 4:45:24 PM UTC-8, Scott G. wrote: > > They are Andel cranks. > > > http://www.andel.com.tw/products/products_show.php?language=_eng&pid=40&cid=18# > > > -- 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/groups/opt_out.
