Steven Johnson wrote:
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> It's the use and abuse that caused the failure. How many times do you
> hear pedals scrape in a race? Probably not much in the higher cats and
> vets, but among the young it happens more.
I have seen a couple of steel Campagnolo crank axles broken. Looked like they were twisted off actually. But I have no doubt at all that they were the result of routine pedal strikes in Crit racing.
Chuck Schmidt
South Pasadena, Southern California
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