Re: [RBW] Re: Dura Ace 7410 cranks -- Pretty!

2014-05-09 Thread Ryan
We're all gettin older :) On Thursday, May 8, 2014 7:45:15 PM UTC-5, Joe Bernard wrote: > > A triple for Patrick?? A double-plus-8 is already 15 gears too many for > him! > > On Wednesday, May 7, 2014 9:31:27 PM UTC-7, Patrick Moore wrote: >> >> Thanks; but no need for a triple. I'll just run r

Re: [RBW] Re: Dura Ace 7410 cranks -- Pretty!

2014-05-08 Thread Joe Bernard
A triple for Patrick?? A double-plus-8 is already 15 gears too many for him! On Wednesday, May 7, 2014 9:31:27 PM UTC-7, Patrick Moore wrote: > > Thanks; but no need for a triple. I'll just run really big cogs -- am > thinking of perhaps 16-26. > > Patrick Moore > iPhone > > On May 7, 2014, at 8:

Re: [RBW] Re: Dura Ace 7410 cranks -- Pretty!

2014-05-07 Thread Bertin753
Thanks; but no need for a triple. I'll just run really big cogs -- am thinking of perhaps 16-26. Patrick Moore iPhone > On May 7, 2014, at 8:37 PM, Dave Johnston wrote: > > If you want to turn it into a triple I think Ted Durrant / Willow still has > some tripilzers for blow out prices. You

[RBW] Re: Dura Ace 7410 cranks -- Pretty!

2014-05-07 Thread Dave Johnston
If you want to turn it into a triple I think Ted Durrant / Willow still has some tripilzers for blow out prices. You would of course need a longer BB to use it as a triple though. I picked up a 40t Tripilizer for the 7410 crank I recently paid a lot more for. I also picked up a more practical 4

[RBW] Re: Dura Ace 7410 cranks -- Pretty!

2014-05-07 Thread Joe Bernard
I have an NOS pair of the "boxy" Dura-Ace, too, and think they're about the purtiest cranks ever, with honorable mentions for 7410 and the Octalink "9-speed" cranks which followed. If you go to www.harriscyclery.net, the home page has a pic of a Brompton with those cranks. All of the pre-outboa

[RBW] Re: Dura Ace 7410 cranks -- Pretty!

2014-05-07 Thread Anton Tutter
I've got mostly complete 8-spd DA 740x on my Trek 560, and the shifting is very smooth and accurate (using DA brifters) with a cheap new SRAM 13-26 hyperglide casstte, the only non-DA part of the drivetrain. I don't have an old uniglide to compare it with (which is what that DA group would have