Anybody have an idea of what one of these will cost? --Eric N Sent from the iPad 2
On Jul 8, 2011, at 12:10 PM, Stuart Fletcher <stuart.fletc...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Fri, Jul 8, 2011 at 12:04, Tim McNamara <tim...@bitstream.net> wrote: >> >> ... >> I supose it'd be possible to forge the cranks long enough that the hole >> could be placed at 175 >> or 170 and just machine off a bot of the end for the shorter cranks, but >> that adds cost. >> > > Compass/Rene Herse is specifically against making different length > cranks from the same forging. In the comments on the Bicycle > Quarterly blog Jan says: > > "Initially, we’ll offer a length of 171 mm. Making several lengths > from the same forging is a bad idea, as the machining weakens the > crank. We may offer more lengths in the future, but if we do, we’d > want to make new forging dies, so that the crank remains a “near net” > forging with perfectly aligned grain structure." > > (source: http://janheine.wordpress.com/2011/07/06/rene-herse-cranks/) > > Stuart > > -- > 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-bunch@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. > -- 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-bunch@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.
