bargain flite alert! or should that be idiot alert?

[Khane]

the cranks are very odd.
the hole in the crank arm is actually threaded, then there is the insert which screws into it.

seems to me to be a bit over engineered, i dont know wether they did it so you could run different sized axled pedals or what.
would also make sense that you could get spare inserts, being as they are a removable bit of hardware.

had a look at the SRAM/truvativ site for spares but they only have the '09 range of spares (pretty stupid really, being as you'd want spares for old not new stuff)

 

[lewis1641]

pretty sure they will just pull out once youve manipulated the hull , they will be joined by the nose

the slr uses hollow ti rails

hmm , how many snapped ti rails is there on this thread alone , 2 ? cant say ive ever heard of a chromo rail snapping , just bending after a heavy crash . funny how its only xc and road seats that use ti and the ones made for some abuse use chromo

if you want id swap it for a xlite pss ti with light blue kevlar covering , scuffed on the right corner

stuff that bends under extremes is usually preferable to stuff that snaps!

managed to get it out. didnt realise the rail is one piece

 

[Xesh]

the cranks are very odd.
the hole in the crank arm is actually threaded, then there is the insert which screws into it.

seems to me to be a bit over engineered, i dont know wether they did it so you could run different sized axled pedals or what.
would also make sense that you could get spare inserts, being as they are a removable bit of hardware.......

The idea was that you could buy new inserts so that you could repair the cranks if you ever managed to damage the thread. AfaIk it's a 2 piece affair, similar to an outer chainring bolt (one bit goes in the front and the other is like a lockring). In reality it's probably one of those spares that only ever exists on paper (like so many other things).

All I can think of is that the seller had a seized pedal that pulled out the insert when he unscrewed it. :?

 

[daveaasmith]

Ay'up lewis1641

I've got a Flite Ti, well worn uptop, but with two intact rails down below.

Tenner posted, PM me if you're interested?!

Cheers, Dave.

 

[lewis1641]

yay the clever/dumb balance has been restored!

i'll ave it

pm on way.

 

[Khane]

the cranks are very odd.
the hole in the crank arm is actually threaded, then there is the insert which screws into it.

seems to me to be a bit over engineered, i dont know wether they did it so you could run different sized axled pedals or what.
would also make sense that you could get spare inserts, being as they are a removable bit of hardware.......

The idea was that you could buy new inserts so that you could repair the cranks if you ever managed to damage the thread. AfaIk it's a 2 piece affair, similar to an outer chainring bolt (one bit goes in the front and the other is like a lockring). In reality it's probably one of those spares that only ever exists on paper (like so many other things).

All I can think of is that the seller had a seized pedal that pulled out the insert when he unscrewed it. :?

nah he got them as part of a house clearance or so he says