How long is your ratchet Michael ? The longer the better, and the longer it is, the more efficient your input is . Leverage brother, leverage !
I use a 16" Craftsman torque wrench these days, and boy I wish I had one these back in the day ! It was always difficult to get enough torque with a small ratchet or the Campy peanut butter wrench. As for VO cranks, hmmm, I considered them many times, but each time I have this nagging sense that says look elsewhere. Their "Touring" crank is not even offered anymore, which says to me that their stuff comes and goes a bit too easily for my liking. And I agree, the XD crank is alright, but by no means great . Sugino makes others though :) https://www.benscycle.com/p-910-sugino-alpina-2-500d-crankset.aspx http://www.alexscycle.com/cranks/road-1-2-3-4-5-6/ or just get the XD-350 for less $$, the same XD crank but with a 36t steel middle ring ! No biggie to me, adds 40grams, costs much less $$ . https://www.benscycle.com/p-915-sugino-xd-350-crankset.aspx and others, triples and doubles . . . . http://www.davincitandems.com/comp.html http://www.xxcycle.com/crankset-stronglight-impact-compact,,en.php On Wednesday, June 18, 2014 6:30:05 AM UTC-4, Michael Hechmer wrote: > > I have a 10 year old Sugino crank, on which the left arm has now come > loose twice. The first time I attributed it to my error in not tightening > it down after reinstalling. I have never been ham fisted and now with some > arthritis often overestimate how tight bolts are. The second time seems > more problematic. I'm giving it one more try after getting out my 3/8 > ratchet arm and leaning on it; but I am not optimistic. > > I've never been as enamored of this crank as GP and so have started > looking for a replacement. The VO looks like a good value at $195. Cold > forged, pinned rings. Does anyone here have experience with this crank? > > Michael > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
