steel for track cranks?

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03-02-07 | 07:07 PM

sers

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steel for track cranks?

i was entertaining the idea of a hollow track crank made out of reynolds 953 alloy. would a high tech steel be an impractical material for crank arms?

03-02-07 | 07:12 PM

j-lie

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there have to be some trixed out steel bmx cranks out there. no idea of alloy etc.

03-02-07 | 07:14 PM

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I think your killer track ride could benefit from some ashtabula lovin'.

03-02-07 | 07:39 PM

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03-02-07 | 08:19 PM

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03-02-07 | 08:36 PM

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I have an 80's fuji with steel 3 piece cranks. They're heavy, solid forged looking things, not really what you're talking about but a pretty extreme setup. I don't think they're any stiffer than anything else but I've never been able to feel stiffness in cranks so YMMV.