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Old 02-19-11 | 10:02 AM
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Originally Posted by onbike 1939
I remember the editor (Frank Berto?) of a well-known American Bike magazine did a series of tests involving the durability and hardness of the materials used in making chain-sets way back. He found that Campag used the hardest grade of aluminium at that time.
I remember the book he wrote sometime in the mid to late 80's also. IIRC, his tests showed Campy and Shimano made the hardest chainrings and TA the softest.
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