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ACP said:

I was riding behind a guy on the weekend and he had the weirdest cranks!

I will try to explain. Normal cranks operate (to my way of thinking) as
opposites. If one arm goes down, the other goes up.

The guy I was behind had cranks that had both arms down at the same
time! He rested both legs straight down when he wanted to coast for a
few seconds.. and then when the group surged, he just pedalled normally
again! (With the cranks going 'opposite', as per a 'normal' set of
cranks)

Occasionally, he would do a few pedal strokes with both legs doing the
same thing at the same time!

Now someone COULD tell me that these are common, or that they are a
training tool, but what the ???

Never seen them only read about them, maybe these:

http://www.powercranks.com/

jh

I saw a guy in brisbane with similar things on his tredly late last year, i
remember they were brass coloured, and they sure do look like those power
cranks. Don't know how they work tho'. I smoked him up hills and on the
flats - I think he was just showing them off going downhill (lesson:
throwing money at your bike doesn't make you more powerful).

Thats my 2c

Jimbo

ACP said:

I was riding behind a guy on the weekend and he had the weirdest cranks!

I will try to explain. Normal cranks operate (to my way of thinking) as
opposites. If one arm goes down, the other goes up.

The guy I was behind had cranks that had both arms down at the same
time! He rested both legs straight down when he wanted to coast for a
few seconds.. and then when the group surged, he just pedalled normally
again! (With the cranks going 'opposite', as per a 'normal' set of
cranks)

Occasionally, he would do a few pedal strokes with both legs doing the
same thing at the same time!

Now someone COULD tell me that these are common, or that they are a
training tool, but what the ???

Google Powercranks...

Brian.

Jimbo Jones said:

I saw a guy in brisbane with similar things on his tredly late last year, i
remember they were brass coloured, and they sure do look like those power
cranks. Don't know how they work tho'. I smoked him up hills and on the
flats - I think he was just showing them off going downhill (lesson:
throwing money at your bike doesn't make you more powerful).

Thats my 2c

Jimbo

yep, was riding behind somebody that had them as well, I had to look 3 or 4 times, to make sure I was seeing what I was seeing.... freaky....

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I was riding behind a guy on the weekend and he had the weirdest cranks!

I will try to explain. Normal cranks operate (to my way of thinking) as
opposites. If one arm goes down, the other goes up.

The guy I was behind had cranks that had both arms down at the same
time! He rested both legs straight down when he wanted to coast for a
few seconds.. and then when the group surged, he just pedalled normally
again! (With the cranks going 'opposite', as per a 'normal' set of
cranks)

Occasionally, he would do a few pedal strokes with both legs doing the
same thing at the same time!

Now someone COULD tell me that these are common, or that they are a
training tool, but what the ???

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ACP

This is a new one on me. We have a lady in our cycling club who has lost one
leg and uses a hand cycle which has two cranks that rotate together.
She can motor as well, but she is just plain athletic.
Maybe this rider has a problem with one leg - this would be my only idea.

Doug Thomas

I think these are strictly a training aid. Sort of like riding one legged all the time with both legs. Supposed to make you pedal in circles better or something. I reckon its all a crock.

Cheers

JH <[email hidden]> wrote in news:R%JAe.38189$oJ.11204@news-
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Quoted message said:

Never seen them only read about them, maybe these:

http://www.powercranks.com/

I thought these might be the answer (or at least a partial solution) to my
wife's knee problems. Then I saw the price 🙁 Sorry dear, you'll just have
to wait for the knee surgery.

Graeme