In article <SpAVb.430204$JQ1.62911@pd7tw1no>,
Jon <
[email protected]> wrote:
[post de-TOFU'd]
> Mark Hickey wrote:
> > Jon <
[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> >
> >>There are no square taper cranks worth looking at. (not even Record). Spline, spline spline!
> >
> >
> > It's true you know - no one ever finished the Tour de France before we had splined bottom
> > brackets to get them up those hills.
> Well a splined BB has won it the past five years. I'm certain it's due to the spline. Just ask
> Shimano's marketing department. It would be one of the more reasonable claims they've made in
> recent years.
>
> Jon
However, I do notice that this year, Lance's dominance was much less dramatic while riding the new
two-piece Dura-Ace crank/BB. Lance is good, but clearly had to overcome the limitations of his
equipment.
Now, where'd I put that smiley?
--
Ryan Cousineau,
[email protected] http://www.sfu.ca/~rcousine President, Fabrizio Mazzoleni Fan Club