Thanks for bringing the Patterson crank to my attention, it seems
really cool.
Except that "die cast alloy" makes me think of the cheap metal cars I
was always breaking as a kid. Eek.

 Philip

On Dec 5, 7:51 pm, Montclair BobbyB <[email protected]> wrote:
> I think the anchor mechanism is built into the Schlumpf BB mount...
> that crank is one fancy piece of engineering.  And then there's the
> lower-priced FSA Metropolis Patterson crank, which doesn't require any
> anchor point... pretty cool.
>
> On Dec 5, 10:07 pm, Jim Thill - Hiawatha Cyclery <[email protected]>
> wrote:
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> > Grant has voiced opposition to IGHs before, and nothing about this suggests 
> > this will be a dedicated IGH bike. This one appears to lack the Rohloff OEM 
> > mount, as well as the ISCG tab for a Hammerschmidt crank (HS?). No anchor 
> > point for the Schlumpf either.
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> > The horizontal dropout with derailleur hanger doesn't seem weird. Most 
> > older bikes have that feature, as does the Surly Cross-check, and many 
> > others.

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