Originally Posted by
vintage cellar
IME 70's and 1980's chrome steel Campy or Dura Ace 7400 -7402 QR's both did the job admirably. There isn't any need to overthink it, IMO.
In a related vein - do people realize that the peak deflection and chain tension is when you're grunting up a hill in a Granny Gear. Not when you are sprinting in a large or moderate gear
Freddy Maertens has nothing on us geezers.
So a geezer like me doing 200W up a hill on, say, a 32/28 puts more torque than a top sprinter like Maertens at 1500+W on a 52/13? Would like to know the math behind this.