SRAM Omnium snapped....for the 2nd time!

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tooth78

Why doesn't anyone make steel cranks? I've done a pretty extensive search and most cranks (even the ones at £300 - £400) are made from aluminium. Surely steel would not be susceptible to this kind of 'shear' failure?

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hippy in reply to @tooth78

If alu works for all the track sprinters in the world I think they're fine for the rest of us.

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waterlaz in reply to @hippy

This kind of failure is due to fatigue so has very little to do with the amount of force applied to the pedals. In fact, those big sprinters with massive legs do not fatigue their cranks. It is the long miles that cause this.

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