Originally Posted by
dminor
Yeah, I do recall those. I'm actually pretty sure TAG was doing their own mfg right there in their Newprort Beach, CA facility. (George Kotzeff, TAG's president, came from elsewhere in the injection-molding industry.) The FRX5s were fiberglas-reinforced DuPont Zytel 8018 nylon resin (the three-spokers were CF). And I don't think durability was ever an issue with them - - they were just heavy.
He was in the rocket science industry iirc. I chatted with those guys at crankworx way back when. In fact, I'd probably be on them today if 1) they were competitive weight wise and 2) they had better hubs. The FRX5's were built around hugis.
And you're right, durability was not an issue. Fast forward to 3:20