Originally Posted by
3dvvitch
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I read somewhere that Charlie Cunningham, of early mtb fame, liked hi-e components because he preferred parts to break rather than be "too heavy," which is an interesting philosophy at least!
Perhaps the author of the article that you remember reading was being sarcastic. I worked for Charlie as an apprentice in 83/84 and this statement is not true. His philosophy was more to make parts as light as possible until they broke, then make improvements so that they would not break while still trying to keep them as light as possible without breaking.