aka Tom Reingold
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: New York, NY, and High Falls, NY, USA
Posts: 40,509
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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One piece cranks have one thing wrong with them, and that is their weight. I used to hate them because of the association with low end bikes. As a mechanic, I hated working on them because they had been so badly abused. Then I realized that the problem was the abuse, not the design. They're really super easy to service compared with other types.
Schwinn kickstands are truly superior.
Turkey levers and stem shifters befitted the bikes they came on.