Originally Posted by
unterhausen
I didn't really mean to start a discussion about intellectual property in this thread, and I don't think we should have one here. P&R is probably the best place because it becomes heated. As I stated in my previous post, the thing I thought was funny wasn't. That's because Stronglight had crankarms that looked just like these. TA has no complaint. Interesting choice.
Assuming these are well-made, this is a real service. The supply of TA crankarms is finite, the crankarms are old an usually well-used, and collectors are hoarding them. Those of us that just want to use them are well served by the availability of these cranks.
As far as "well-made," I can only relate taht some users on other forums have said the chainrings have some runout, which affects front derailleur cage limit setting. I havent' read any true horror stories, as far as I remember.