Double chainring FSA

William O'Hara said:

I'm probably crazy, but I'm going from a triple
to a double. My store just got FSA team carbon
cranks for good price. Does anyone know why they
are being discounted?

Which PCD? Compacts are selling like hot cakes, so I'd expect 130 PCD
cranks to be marked down

Kinky Cowboy*

*Batteries not included
May contain traces of nuts
Your milage may vary

William O'Hara said:

I'm probably crazy, but I'm going from a triple
to a double. My store just got FSA team carbon
cranks for good price. Does anyone know why they
are being discounted?

My coworker's carbon aluminum joint failed in his 2-piece carbon FSA
crankset. Not sure what model it was.

--
Phil, Squid-in-Training

Kinky Cowboy <[email hidden]> wrote in
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Quoted message said:

William O'Hara said:

I'm probably crazy, but I'm going from a triple
to a double. My store just got FSA team carbon
cranks for good price. Does anyone know why they
are being discounted?

Which PCD? Compacts are selling like hot cakes, so I'd expect 130 PCD
cranks to be marked down

He has compacts and regular on sale.

I'm not sure of the model #.
--
---
William O'Hara

William O'Hara said:

I'm probably crazy, but I'm going from a triple
to a double. My store just got FSA team carbon
cranks for good price. Does anyone know why they
are being discounted?

Isis is on the way out...

Ron Ruff said:

William O'Hara said:

I'm probably crazy, but I'm going from a triple
to a double. My store just got FSA team carbon
cranks for good price. Does anyone know why they
are being discounted?

Isis is on the way out...

http://www.sheldonbrown.com/fsabb.html

Dan Connelly said:

Ron Ruff said:

William O'Hara said:

I'm probably crazy, but I'm going from a triple
to a double. My store just got FSA team carbon
cranks for good price. Does anyone know why they
are being discounted?

Isis is on the way out...

http://www.sheldonbrown.com/fsabb.html

That's a couple years old.

Phil said:

William O'Hara said:

I'm probably crazy, but I'm going from a triple
to a double. My store just got FSA team carbon
cranks for good price. Does anyone know why they
are being discounted?

My coworker's carbon aluminum joint failed in his 2-piece carbon FSA
crankset. Not sure what model it was.

I bent a FSA Energy crankset...

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

I'm probably crazy, but I'm going from a triple
to a double. My store just got FSA team carbon
cranks for good price. Does anyone know why they
are being discounted?

Isis is on the way out...

http://www.sheldonbrown.com/fsabb.html

I'm not so willing to indict either a company's product, or the ISIS bottom
bracket in general, on the basis of a single observed failure. One could
just as easily claim that FSA & ISIS are both exceptional products because
I've had no problems whatsoever with what's on my own bike.

Having said that, I'll agree that the newer crank designs with the combined
oversized spindle/right-side crank and external bearings make a lot of
sense.

--Mike Jacoubowsky
Chain Reaction Bicycles
www.ChainReaction.com
Redwood City & Los Altos, CA USA

Mike Jacoubowsky said:

I'm not so willing to indict either a company's product, or the ISIS bottom
bracket in general, on the basis of a single observed failure. One could
just as easily claim that FSA & ISIS are both exceptional products because
I've had no problems whatsoever with what's on my own bike.

Of course, Sheldon didn't indict the Isis system, but merely this
particular type of FSA BB, for reasons that include the single observed
failure but more importantly the design flaw that caused it.

Quoted message said:

Having said that, I'll agree that the newer crank designs with the combined
oversized spindle/right-side crank and external bearings make a lot of
sense.

One step further and we'll be riding single-piece Ashtabula cranks.

Jasper

William O'Hara said:

Quoted message said:

I'm probably crazy, but I'm going from a triple
to a double.

Yep, sounds crazy to me...

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

My store just got FSA team carbon
cranks for good price. Does anyone know why they
are being discounted?

The law of supply and demand?

Ron Ruff said:

Isis is on the way out...

It is? Sure doesn't look that way to me!

Mike Jacoubowsky said:

Quoted message said:

http://www.sheldonbrown.com/fsabb.html

I'm not so willing to indict either a company's product, or the ISIS
bottom bracket in general, on the basis of a single observed failure.
One could just as easily claim that FSA & ISIS are both exceptional
products because I've had no problems whatsoever with what's on my
own bike.

Since I've been invoked on this topic, I'll risk the netiquette
violation of a "me too" post:

I'm in complete agreement with Mike on this, and have no beef whatever
with the ISIS system, nor with FSA products in general.

Quoted message said:

Having said that, I'll agree that the newer crank designs with the
combined oversized spindle/right-side crank and external bearings
make a lot of sense.

Yes, this does make a lot of sense for most folks. The wide
interchangeability of bottom bracket parts among different brands and
models is a particularly nice feature, though, as an old-time bike
hacker, I kinda miss the ability to play games with non-standard
chainlines. For most people, however, that's a _good_ thing, 'cause it
makes errors less likely.

Sheldon "Neo Grouch?" Brown
+------------------------------------------------+
| I will be performing in the Christmas Revels |
| Cambridge, Massachusetts http://revels.org |
+------------------------------------------------+
Harris Cyclery, West Newton, Massachusetts
Phone 617-244-9772 FAX 617-244-1041
http://harriscyclery.com
Hard-to-find parts shipped Worldwide
http://captainbike.com http://sheldonbrown.com

Quoted message said:

Of course, Sheldon didn't indict the Isis system, but merely this
particular type of FSA BB, for reasons that include the single observed
failure but more importantly the design flaw that caused it.

I was referring to Dan more so than Sheldon in this case...

--Mike-- Chain Reaction Bicycles
www.ChainReactionBicycles.com

"Jasper Janssen" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

Mike Jacoubowsky said:

I'm not so willing to indict either a company's product, or the ISIS
bottom
bracket in general, on the basis of a single observed failure. One could
just as easily claim that FSA & ISIS are both exceptional products because
I've had no problems whatsoever with what's on my own bike.

Of course, Sheldon didn't indict the Isis system, but merely this
particular type of FSA BB, for reasons that include the single observed
failure but more importantly the design flaw that caused it.

Quoted message said:

Having said that, I'll agree that the newer crank designs with the
combined
oversized spindle/right-side crank and external bearings make a lot of
sense.

One step further and we'll be riding single-piece Ashtabula cranks.

Jasper

Quoted message said:

Yes, this does make a lot of sense for most folks. The wide
interchangeability of bottom bracket parts among different brands and
models is a particularly nice feature, though, as an old-time bike hacker,
I kinda miss the ability to play games with non-standard chainlines. For
most people, however, that's a _good_ thing, 'cause it makes errors less
likely.

Sheldon "Neo Grouch?" Brown

Sheldon: One of these days somebody's going to get smart with the new-style
crank, and recognize that you could use spacers on the chainring side,
between the crank and the bearing, to easily adjust chainline. It would have
to be milled out a bit from where they are presently (right now, you could
only move the crank further out, not in, and even doing that might cause the
left arm to not attach properly). Just seems like a no-brainer thing to do.

--Mike-- Chain Reaction Bicycles
www.ChainReactionBicycles.com

"Sheldon Brown" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

William O'Hara said:

Quoted message said:

I'm probably crazy, but I'm going from a triple
to a double.

Yep, sounds crazy to me...

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

My store just got FSA team carbon
cranks for good price. Does anyone know why they
are being discounted?

The law of supply and demand?

Ron Ruff said:

Isis is on the way out...

It is? Sure doesn't look that way to me!

Mike Jacoubowsky said:

Quoted message said:

http://www.sheldonbrown.com/fsabb.html

I'm not so willing to indict either a company's product, or the ISIS
bottom bracket in general, on the basis of a single observed failure.
One could just as easily claim that FSA & ISIS are both exceptional
products because I've had no problems whatsoever with what's on my
own bike.

Since I've been invoked on this topic, I'll risk the netiquette violation
of a "me too" post:

I'm in complete agreement with Mike on this, and have no beef whatever
with the ISIS system, nor with FSA products in general.

Quoted message said:

Having said that, I'll agree that the newer crank designs with the
combined oversized spindle/right-side crank and external bearings
make a lot of sense.

Yes, this does make a lot of sense for most folks. The wide
interchangeability of bottom bracket parts among different brands and
models is a particularly nice feature, though, as an old-time bike hacker,
I kinda miss the ability to play games with non-standard chainlines. For
most people, however, that's a _good_ thing, 'cause it makes errors less
likely.

Sheldon "Neo Grouch?" Brown
+------------------------------------------------+
| I will be performing in the Christmas Revels |
| Cambridge, Massachusetts http://revels.org |
+------------------------------------------------+
Harris Cyclery, West Newton, Massachusetts
Phone 617-244-9772 FAX 617-244-1041
http://harriscyclery.com
Hard-to-find parts shipped Worldwide
http://captainbike.com http://sheldonbrown.com