Finally. That crank issue has been well known for quite a while now. Luckily 105 and below are unaffected.
bonding issue? They’re just glued together?
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How did this get through design? Surely someone must have noticed the assembly, unless people assumed it was going to be welded?
Shimano has been making hollow crank arms this way for years. It works well if it’s done right. All carbon frames and components are simply glued together, too.
For kicks, here’s a nice cross-section of a crank arm from
a different BikeRadar articlehandsonbike.blogspot.com:
Sonofabitch… I have a dual-sided Stages R8000 crankset on my S5 and a non-Stages R8000 crankset that I originally built the bike with. Guess what I’m going to have to do when I get home from work today!
That chainring looks familiar…
I wonder what this means for all new unpurchased versions sitting on shelves or bikes. are they going to be inspected by default or are they being recalled
LEL