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From: New York, NY, and High Falls, NY, USA
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
[MENTION=398265]BigChief[/MENTION], maybe snobbish isn't the word I'm looking for. Maybe it's hard to please.
[MENTION=73614]rhm[/MENTION], great points. I was really thinking about current or recent production, nothing about the design. But your list of attributes of modern cranks points out how newer cranks are better than old ways because of those attributes. Now that I realize this, I wonder if I'll become more tolerant of how newer cranks look. I didn't even know the arms are hollow. That explains why they're so chunky.