[Fot] tr6/gt6 crankshafts

Robert M. Lang lang at isis.mit.edu
Wed Jul 20 08:08:39 MDT 2011


On Wed, 20 Jul 2011, Enquiries Road & Track wrote:

> i have told Mordy these can be made a fair bit cheaper for same quality, but
> ideally we need a minimum order of 10 the same, to do it. It seems you guys
> all want something different.

Not trying to be funny here, but if the requested specs are all over the 
place, it might be nice to know either a hint about the differences or a 
hint about the advantages to whatever the differences are.

I for one would be willing to take a couple of trade-offs if it means 
ultimate reliability.

Along those lines, I'm sure one spec difference is the long tail vs. the 
short tail. Seeing that: 1. you can't get flywheels for long-tails and 2. 
the FACTORY dumped long tail cranks back in the day - it would be 
reasonable to say "short tail cranks only" (or long-tail only, whatever). 
That might reign things in a bit.

I know that folks run different rod bearings too, but if we all agreed on 
that particular mod, would that get us closer to a consensus.

Or maybe I'm missing something.

regards,
rml
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