Q-factor ??

[Pista-1]

How do you measure for Q-factor on a bike? Thanks.

[Qui Si Parla Ca]

<< How do you measure for Q-factor on a bike?

inside of one crank arm to the other crank arm inside.

Peter Chisholm Vecchio's Bicicletteria 1833 Pearl St. Boulder, CO, 80302
(303)440-3535 http://www.vecchios.com (http://www.vecchios.com/) "Ruote convenzionali costruite eccezionalmente bene"

[Andrew Martin]

pista-1 <alstace@bellsouth.net> wrote in message news:<3EE7EB28.10FBEE77@bellsouth.net>...
> How do you measure for Q-factor on a bike? Thanks.

Easiest way – take off a crank and put it in phase with the other. Throw calipers on the outside
edge of the cranks by the pedals.

[Steve Blankensh]

Inside? I always thought it was outside, where the pedal spindles bottom against the crankarm.
That's what matches Shimano's specs for their cranks; plus, it eliminates crankarm thickness as a
variable for comparison purposes.

"Qui si parla Campagnolo" <vecchio51@aol.com> wrote in message
news:20030612083249.17727.00000399@mb-m23.aol.com...
> << How do you measure for Q-factor on a bike?
>
> inside of one crank arm to the other crank arm inside.
>
>
> Peter Chisholm Vecchio's Bicicletteria 1833 Pearl St. Boulder, CO, 80302
> (303)440-3535 http://www.vecchios.com (http://www.vecchios.com/) "Ruote convenzionali costruite eccezionalmente bene"

[Steve Blankensh]

"Qui si parla Campagnolo" <vecchio51@aol.com> wrote in message
news:20030613091023.21463.00000490@mb-m05.aol.com...
> steve-<< Inside? I always thought it was outside, where the pedal
spindles
> bottom against the crankarm.
>
>
> << That's what matches Shimano's specs for their cranks; plus, it eliminates crankarm thickness as
> a variable for comparison purposes.
>
> Thankfully shimano is the 'standard' yet, I was describing how Campagnolo measures theirs from
> their technical information...

Interesting; thanks for the info, Peter. Never knew Campy measured theirs that way, but then what do
you expect from someone who passed on Super Record to put Dura Ace AX(!) on his first decent race
bike... ;-)

[Rik Van Diesel]

pista-1 <alstace@bellsouth.net> wrote in message news:<3EE7EB28.10FBEE77@bellsouth.net>...
> How do you measure for Q-factor on a bike? Thanks.

If you post about Q-factor on a news group then it is high.

RVD

Q=queer right?