Originally Posted by
am8117
I actually - maybe I was just oblivious before - noticed on an aluminium crank that the pedal eye area is a bit recessed. I do not remember anything like that from old fashioned cranks, so it got me thinking maybe they were trying to accommodate for an extra washer ... but then they had not included any either. I never used them before, ever, so I found the whole recessed circular area intriguing ...
Could very well be...I think a lot of folks don't include them because they would probably just get lost. Funny enough I have a whole baggie of them in my bedroom of all places. I always know where they are but I should probably put them in Big Blue or with my decently organized bike parts in one of the drawers.