aka Tom Reingold
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: New York, NY, and High Falls, NY, USA
Posts: 40,503
Bikes: 1962 Rudge Sports, 1971 Raleigh Super Course, 1971 Raleigh Pro Track, 1974 Raleigh International, 1975 Viscount Fixie, 1982 McLean, 1996 Lemond (Ti), 2002 Burley Zydeco tandem
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I've been a fan of the looks and versatility of the TA crank ever since I was a teenager. I know that since I'm among bike freak guys, you won't think it too strange that at age 15, I actually had near sexual fantasies of the TA crank.
Back then, it was considered a "whippy" crank, i.e. it would flex under pedaling, compared with others with thick spiders. The TA has no spider connected to the right arm. Was that criticism apt? Or did it perhaps apply only to very strong riders?