> At 4:10 PM -0700 8/29/02, Jim Merz wrote:
> >I personally turned in more broken NR arms for warrantee when I was
> >building frames
> >than I ever saw returned of the Specialized cranks.
To which Monkeyperson added:
>
> My experience from the outside is almost identical to Jim's and I
> agree with his post wholeheartedly. I've always liked the
> Specialized cranks and have never had any problems with them, though
> I have seen two broken at the pedal eye. I'm sure we have some
> material engineers on the list who could help us understand the
> difference in alloys used for parts today compared to 30 years ago.
>
Gee whiz, you mean those Specialized cranks broke too? Unbelievable! They didn't even sell that many! Musta been defective or something....
This happened even though they had the "right" alloy selected thirty years later than Campy by the "good" Engineers? Amazing!! Alert the media! ;-)
(Hint: you can substitute virtually any aluminum bicycle crank manufacturer's name for Specialized in Brandon's comment above.... Maybe in Jim's too, for that matter. Mach's nicht).
Funny, plus ca change, plus ca reste la meme chose.....
A bientot,
Greg "francophile de temps-en-temps" Parker A2 MI USA