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So then I switched to Campy...
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Ouch!
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Should of stuck with Shimano...
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What?
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Dude....those are the cranks I use. Thanks for planting a seed of something I can think about while cranking. I still like them though.
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Meh, shit breaks. Probably an inlusion in the forging. I can find a crapload of broken Campy cranks if I cared.
For all the good they've done me, I might as well have stuck them up my arse. - Mark Renton -
7800? JRA happens...
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Can you take a photo of the fracture surface? Would like to see it.
If you aren't going to do anything with those I would love to get them. I do some failure mode stuff at work, those would be fun to play around with.
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@ madvax - "should have" or if you must "should've". There is no such phrase as "should of". (Sorry, pet peeve)
Also, that is a Shimano crank that Keith pictured, the point being that is why he switched to Campag.
Keith....."Campy"? Gotta find a "C'mon son" pic..... ;-)
Just say "NO!!" to WCP!
"Want to get faster? Work harder, eat better, cut the crap. Instead of talking the talk, work the work" -
Holy crap. In the mid-nineties I broke two sets of Caramba mtb cranks (the second set was the replacement!). It was not a pleasant experience, especially riding back to the trailhead on one crank for 10 miles. How did that happen?
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Well Keith, you are hosed.
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I twice just missed piling on to riders who broke their Campy cranks in the '70s. (On their wheels, ie front row seat.) I suspect they were well used/possibly crashed cranks.
All but the bottom photo of JS's are aluminum. If you push it long enough and hard enough, it will fail, quite likely JRA. Comes with the territory. Replace the cranks periodically and it rarely happens. I don't baby my cranks. They get beat up and look quite used. And when they look too old, I get new ones. I've broken one (that was safely retired but it worked out for a new/used bike I was putting together. Lesson relearned.
Ben
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Just so FSA isn't left out of this love fest, I did the same thing to an FSA crank a few years back. Hill sprints. Pile driver straight down into the pavement. Ouch. Assumed I'd snapped a chain. I was totally confused to see the chain intact until I stood up and noticed my pedal and half a crank arm stuck to my shoe.
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There's a pretty famous picture of Fignon sitting dazed in the gutter with half a Campy crank and pedal stuck to his shoe. Maybe MSR, or a similar spring classic?
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The race was supposedly Blois-Chaville, and the crank didn't crack like Keith Richard's did. Seems like it just came off at the bottom bracket spindle-
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It was not my bike, I would only ride a Giant if it were given to me.
And JS, my aversion to super high end, ultra light components is well known on this forum. That stuff is for pros, who get things replaced pretty often. I didn't even buy carbon levered Campy shifters when I did my 10sp upgrade.
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You are not hating on GIANT are you Keith? (It has the right cranks)
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Keith. You know that Giant manufacture way more than just their own brand eh! Like Pinarello I am told. Used to make all the high end Specialized too and who know who else.
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What Andy says is true -- chances are pretty good that if youre riding a nice carbon frame made in Asia (almost all are now) it spent some time in a GIANT factory. http://www.ebicycles.com/listing/giant-bicycles.html
They have extensive experience with carbon and produce high quality frames - frequently at a lower price point than comparable offerings from other manufacturers. So why is that bad? Seems to work pretty well for Rabo, um Blanco
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I worked in the industry and I am well aware that Giant is the largest manufacturer of bicycle frames in the world. They have been for almost 20 years.
But you hit on my point exactly Stronz with this, "chances are pretty good that if you're riding a nice carbon frame made in Asia..."
I am not, nor do I intend to.
I would not buy one for the same reason I have a 1968 Triumph Spitfire in my garage. I like the classic look of your standard steel tubed bicycle just like I like the look of classic pre-74.5 cars.
Something like this is as good as it gets to me. Although I admit I would put on a classic AL crank. Maybe retro fit the levers with AL paddles as well. -
Don't forget the wheels Keith. ON a steel sled like that with all ALL AL cranks and brifters, you have to go old school box-profile Mavic 32H 3x rims!
As for breaking cranks...never had it happen to me but I typically upgrade after 10yrs and usually the MTB stuff gets way more abuse than the road gear. Grinding over rocks, broadsiding logs, etc. My biggest component failures were on a poorly designed Deda stem bolts and an Easton carbon fork that shattered after getting hit by a car.
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Actually, Giants carbon division C-Tech currently on makes bikes for Giant and Colnago.
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iamus72, I always wanted to score some NOS GL/GEL-280 or 330 tubular rims for a build up.
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iamus, I used to race 290 gm Fiamme Ergal rims laced 36 4X with 250 gm Clement Setas or 220 gm Seta Extras glued on. I'd love to ride those wheel again!
Ben
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funny thing, you can drop $3500 or so on that Zanc frame...or more on a crabon bike, made in a mold in Asia by workers not quite in puberty
with KR, I stick to man made - preferably in the USA
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