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Positive_Ad_7149 on May 23, 2025 6:58 pm Hard to call it a manufacturing fault when they’re vintage, anything will give way eventually. Look at the cracked ‘faces’ is it a uniform colour or is there a change in hugh across the snap?
psyentologists on May 23, 2025 7:01 pm A racing component which failed after 40 years of dutiful service can hardly be held at fault.
J_B_T on May 23, 2025 7:03 pm All aluminum dies eventually. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fatigue_limit](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fatigue_limit)
_cyclenaut on May 23, 2025 7:09 pm I know its the ‘in’ thing now, but this is not how to do shorter cranks /jk
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Hard to call it a manufacturing fault when they’re vintage, anything will give way eventually.
Look at the cracked ‘faces’ is it a uniform colour or is there a change in hugh across the snap?
A racing component which failed after 40 years of dutiful service can hardly be held at fault.
All aluminum dies eventually.
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fatigue_limit](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fatigue_limit)
Love this idea.
I know its the ‘in’ thing now, but this is not how to do shorter cranks /jk