For those that may not have known.... the TA Zephyr triple w/rings sold for about $275 not long ago from Riv. This is was the finest 110/74 crank made. . . . and it even had a third drilling for a 56mm ring instead of the 74. The Q is mid 150's. If Riv was to make any crank, this would be my choice, not yet another wide-ish Sugino. The $300 Sugino may seem a bit high for some, low for others. They could make it more versatile for some if they made it a 94mm BCD instead of 110, but 94mm rings just are not so popular. That's one cool thing about the TA Carmina, that you can change the BCD of your crank from 94/58 to 94 to 110/74 to 110 to 130/74 to 130mm.
It's great that Riv and VO are adding some new tapered cranks, but it sure would be nice for manufacturers to make cranks beyond 175 or even 180. 185mm would be nice for many..... but I understand the reluctant mindset and misinformation about longer cranks is hard to counter. People think they ruin their knees etc. Not true. Longer cranks (185mm) have helped my knees tremendously. The 195mm High Sierra/Zinn cranks would be fun to try, but they wouldn't work on the Bombadil without either modifying the chainstays or using a too-long BB and getting a bad chainline. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
