Recent content by Brian Sandilands

I own a 6 year old FSA carbon crank that has recently developed a knock at the pedal/crank interface. The bike shop says that the aluminum bushing that the pedal screws into has separated from the CF crank. Has any one else had this problem with carbon cranks? Is there a cure or is it knew crank...

The weight of aly v steel is not the issue as the weight is very similar. Fatigue is a problem with aly, I believe. I have broken two spokes on my Mavic's and had the wheels trued frequently (3 times in the past 6 months). My Mavic wheels with aly spokes are 6 years old and have gone 35k miles...

A hundred years ago, when I was a structural engineer, I learnt that aluminum, although a third the weight of steel, was also a third as strong. So if aluminum is used for spokes it will be three times the cross section to get equivalent strength. I also see to remember that fatigue was not very...

Larry (the Limey!) Walpole died recently after a short illness. He was 87 years old. "Daddy" Walpole was a fixture along Canada Road on the San Francisco Peninsula for many years. I first met Larry in 1991 while riding up the Canada/Ralston footpath after a club ride with the PenVelo. We were...