Remember how a few arm-chair engineers called this out? Well who'd a thunk it..

[Bunky]

I feel like a lot of the companies making splined spindled cranks have been like "splines work just fine" in the past, but why would you need to change the design if it works just fine?

[streetStreet]

I feel like a lot of the companies making splined spindled cranks have been like "splines work just fine" in the past, but why would you need to change the design if it works just fine?

it's progress for the sake of progress.

Why does Eclat's color of black always look good?

[dude...]

probably to stop their warrenty dept getting emails from people who hammered the crankarm on without using any grease, then rode in the rain every day for a year and then got pissy cos they couldnt get them off again

[manwe]

my local bikeshop mailorder actually has these on sale. I feel bad for the dudes that'll get it :/

[KillSeth]

Doesn't TheMerged guy on here now work as their Product Designer/TM?

I miss when that site was actually updated on a regular basis.

[CARBON]

Some kids have way too short a memory to see the exquisite irony in this post.

[jonathan]

I remember, CARBON. I remember. Sorry George.

[Bunky]

Does anyone have the link to the original post?

[dude...]

what cos wombolts broke quite a bit?

[weedbix]

Leave Britney alone

[dude...]

my eclat cranks just broked

[G]

Some kids have way too short a memory to see the exquisite irony in this post.

Never had a product recall.

Sure we had way more QC issues with the early batches of Wombolts and even Twombolts than I would have liked but there was nothing inherently flawed in the design which is backed up by the fact that we still make cranks using this design and they do have a very good reputation for strength now.

On the other hand, putting big sharp cornered slits down an axle loaded in combined bending and torsion was to my mind pretty obviously about as terrible a design as you could imagine... it's not like a few of these "might" break eventually, it was inevitable that they all would if actually ridden.


G.

[alaskun]

wrong thread.  I hate how logging in to reply puts you into different threads...

[Locomotivebrand]

Doesn't TheMerged guy on here now work as their Product Designer/TM?

I miss when that site was actually updated on a regular basis.

Not as product designer. He works with the team in "Product development" and "Team manager".

[JFax]

I think I know a guy who works as a product developer for them. Not sure how long he has been at it or if he is the only one they have.

Update; yes it seems like it was him. Taken from his fb:

Left Job at wethepeople bmx
30 September — Product Designer
Cologne, Germany