Crank - Silver3 - Triple 44x34x24
Short version: It’s svelter, lighter, not as versatile or all-welcoming as the original SILVER, which we still sell and endorse. The SILVER3 is for road use by riders 200lbs or less naked. Detail etc. We have all of our-branded metal mechanical bicycle parts tested to established international standards. Modern cranks, even cheapish ones, are “quite likely” stronger than the cranks Eddy Merckx rode to win more than 454 races. In the old days, you could make and sell cranks that “are probably strong enough,” and let 150lb racers ride them a million miles in competition and training, and if they survived, you could sell them with some confidence. Those were the days when all riding was road riding, and people over 240lb didn’t ride bicycles. And people didn’t sue so much. Personally injury lawyers didn’t advertise on prime time or have giant billboards along popular freeways. It’s different now, obviously, and that has affected bicycle parts. To pass the mountain bike test, a crank has