Re: Products made crappy for you

Frank Krygowski <frkrygow@sbcglobal.net> writes:

On 5/14/2024 9:27 PM, Radey Shouman wrote:

Roger Merriman <roger@sarlet.com> writes:
 

Frank Krygowski <frkrygow@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

On 5/13/2024 9:45 PM, AMuzi wrote:

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A friend has a new Mercedes. There's no dipstick and no place to add
oil. The electronics signal when to 'return to dealer for service'.

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Hmm. Sounds similar to STI and more "advanced" derailleur shifting systems.
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I prefer products I can visually diagnose, and disassemble if necessary.
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Somewhat related is the Buffalo bikes.
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  http://www.buffalobicycle.com

Cottered cranks, are they stronger than Ashtabula?

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They look more like square taper to me. I see no cotter.
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https://buffalobicycles.biz/collections/cranks-and-chains etc.

I looked at the repair manual:

http://www.buffalobicycle.com/storage/documents/wbr_bicycle_maintenance_manual.pdf

which clearly shows cotter pins.  Could be there are or have been
several versions.

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