Not convinced

needs more magnets and kineseo tape

You know when you see stuff that’s so stupid it baffles you to how anyone would be gullible enough to buy it?
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I’m genuinely amazed that people (a) built them, (b) bought them and (c) had to publish a full page in a magazine to explain that the people in (a) and (b) were idiots.

Have you seen some of the sheet on Krapstarter??

What about a sprung spiral to provide suspension when stood on the pedals?

That wouldn’t work. We established earlier today that compressed springs are heavier, so the bike would weigh a ton if you fitted these.

😆
Chapeau.

I’m thinking cranks woven from a single MysteriumTM nanofibre exactly a gazillion light years long, using Dense Fractal TechnologyTM and a 4D-Optimized Quantum-Weave ContructionTM – with one end attached to the pedal and the other to the bb.

On your right…

Im surprised Crank Bros havent done them yet.

They use the same scientists that bring you hair shampoo and anti aging cream.

The new Crank Bros strapline – “Why use engineering when you can use marketing”

If Crank Bros were to make them they would come in a very pretty box.

Lots of different opinions here regarding the L shaped cranks – but has anyone tried them? I have over quite a long period. At the time they came out I think it was Ian Camish a succesful Time Trialist who used them racing.

All they can possibly do is feel different because they are more flexible. That’s it. There is no increase in leverage, removal of dead spots or power transmission advantage. None.

Blimey, thread raised from the dead!

To believe in these you would have to be a bit of a crank! Probably a bent one.

Dear god,

please kill this thread with fire, before I become infected with stupid.

Ta

too late…

edit oops misread your post it read ‘it’ not ‘I’ apologies.

Though it now appears I’ve been infected….

See you at next years Tour.

See you at next years Tour.

I’ll bring the pig…

But what if they were on a conveyor?

Well they are square taper so that alone means they’re better than most of the alternatives. 🙂

its bolox, the torque is a function of length of the lever from the axis, as the z frame is rigid it doesn’t matter where the rest of it goes, the leverage distance is still the distance from the applied force (the foot) and the axle.

For example if you continued the Z bend and brought back to 180 degrees so it was lying back against itself, no-one would look twice at it, or if you created one big circle at the end of the lever that described its arc around the axle, no one would consider this to be better than a normal crank arm either.

Pseudo science – anyone know how their team got on in that race they mentioned?

At the time they came out I think it was Ian Camish a succesful Time Trialist who used them racing.

Indeed.
But then again Geriant Thomas wears a power balance band.

And he’s faster than me too.

Oh and pig man makes me smile with joy every time I see him 😀

I’m loving the (apparntly too) subtle (for some) photoshopery in this thread 🙂

Unless i have lost my mind. I think it will work. Google torque wrench extension formula and think about it

You have lost your mind