STO's curved, and now broken, crank

[Mark Stonich]

Reminds me of something I read many decades ago.

Give an American a piece of metal and he will make from it a useful object. 
An Englishman will also make something useful, but it will leak oil and none of your tools will fit.  
Give a German a piece of metal and from it, he will fashion a precision machine.
Give an Italian a piece of metal, and he will make a work of art.
Give a Frenchman a piece of metal and he will do something silly with it.

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Mark "Wish I could have been there." Stonich;   
  BikeSmith Design & Fabrication 
    5349 Elliot Ave S. Minneapolis, Minnesota 55417 USA
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[globalguy]

Like emancipate the Jews!

gk

garth

Ride British
Think Yiddish

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[gna]

More French Silliness with Metal

[Paulos, Richard G]

"one of the most beautiful bicycles ever built"
Perhaps.

http://www.theracingbicycle.com/Caminargent.html

Not a single weld or brazed joint. But it could be a daring ride on a cobble road before Loctite was invented.

Rick

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[Steve]

The end all to French silliness with metal,
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Steve Olson

On May 25, 11:36 pm, Mark Stonich <m...@bikesmithdesign.com> wrote:
> Reminds me of something I read many decades ago.
>
> Give an American a piece of metal and he will make from it a useful object.
> An Englishman will also make something useful, but it will leak oil and
> none of your tools will fit.
> Give a German a piece of metal and from it, he will fashion a precision
> machine.
> Give an Italian a piece of metal, and he will make a work of art.
> Give a Frenchman a piece of metal and he will do something silly with
> it.

> <https://secure.flickr.com/photos/chatsworth/7246466626/in/set-7215762...>

>
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> Mark "Wish I could have been there." Stonich;

>    BikeSmith Design&  Fabrication

[Ian and Mary Lindridge]

There is worse: March of last year I purchased a 1984 Miyata One Thousand
that came with new tires and tubes...presta valves but no threads...try to
keep a tire pump head attached to a slick, metal surface...I'm too cheap and
not frustrated enough to change out good tubes...at least they hold air for
a couple of weeks before I check air pressure...

Ian Lindridge

Riding a bicycle makes me feel younger, getting off makes me feel older,
starting off again makes me long for death.

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[Alan Lloyd]

What bewilders me about those cranks, and the right-angled ones made by whoever-it-was-that-I-can't-remember-right-now, is why they thought that it would make any difference - unless additional 'spring' was what they were after? Consider replacing the crank-arm on either side with a disc of radius the same length as the crank arms. Drill as many holes as you like all the way around the outside of these discs and tap them for pedal threads. Which holes do you chose for your pedals to get the best effect? Apart from picking them 180 degrees apart for an even cadence (ask Jon about that), I don't think it makes any difference? So what are these exotic cranks meant to do for you, apart from looking really cool - even though that is reason enough to have them! At least with biopace chainrings I can see that there is a principal behind the design that might have some merit? Alan Lloyd 'Schaumburg, Illinois, U.S.A. --- On Sat, 5/26/12, Ian and Mary Lindridge <lind...@infionline.net> wrote:

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