The crack is,..........................there!!
BC...........And the gang!!...........Holland.
> Hi CR list, I wrote to the seller of the aforementioned Paletti and he
ASSURES me
> that the drive side crank IS NOT cracked.I do not know the seller.Not much
> information out there on Paletti. If anyone cares to enlighten the the CR
> list,about Paletti Bicycles I would be very grateful. Anyone know what the
M W
> represent on the seat stays at the seat tube on this particular Paletti?
> Respectfully,Martin O.Walsh in Vienna,Va
>
> youngc@NetReach.Net wrote:
>
> > Help me out here folks. I see what appears to be the crack in the web in
the
> > jpg titled pal2.jpg on the listing for the Paletti:
> >
> > http://ebay.com/
> >
> > Is this particular crankarm toast or can it be reclaimed by filing down
to the
> > innermost extent of the crack?
> >
> > I have a few NR cranks and haven't taken a file to one of them yet. If
any one
> > has a jpg showing the appropriate depth and radius of a properly filed
> > crankarm, I'd be delighted to have a copy. If not, a brief narrative on
the
> > procedure would certainly be helpful to me and to others who haven't had
the
> > pleasure of breaking one of these (yet).
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Charlie Young
> > Honeybrook, PA
> >
> > > Agreed. I saw that the first go-around. Pretty clear pic. of a cracked
NR
> > > crankarm, no?
> > >
> > > That is the first time ever that I've seen a pic. showing a cracked
arm on
> > > eBay - and I've looked at a ton of pics. of crankarms there over the
years!
> > >
> > > I wish they were all that clear - I estimate that about 40% of the
NR/SR
> > > cranks I've purchased on eBay were cracked (zero percent of the
sellers said
> > > they were - some even said they weren't after I carefully explained
how to
> > > look for the cracks...).
> > >
> > > Caveat Emptor!
> > >
> > > Greg Parker
> > > A2 MI USA