Originally Posted by
House_Connect
Ok. This might be a silly or obvious question. But why are all the cranks old school? If two piece is so much stiffer why not make 2 piece for track other than omniums and fsa which seem like they're often put under suginos and dura ace to me.
Don't believe the hype!
My way of thinking with cranks is as so. Track racing has little to worry about in terms of equipment. So, on the track, where stiffness is king and development is totally aimed at creating the stiffest bike possible, have you noticed that almost all frames still come with a BSA bottom bracket? With all that money thrown at road bike innovation and development and the countries that pour a LOT of money into track bike development for the Olympics, have you noticed that the BSA BB and DA/Sugino cranks are still top of the tree? Besides some stupidly high dollar carbon cranksets, notice how many 'stiff' carbon cranksets you see on the track.
Most of what you see with road bikes is money making marketing jargon. Take a look at track where they really only develop frames, wheels and handlebars. Even for those countries who have those super awesome carbon cranksets for their Olympic bikes, take a look at what they use everday outside of that occasion.