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Gun Drilled Hollow BB Spindles
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PROFILE UPGRADES TRIED AND TRUE RACE CRANKSET
(April 24, 2009) St. Petersburg, FL -- Profile Racing, Inc. announced today the first product upgrade in years for their popular Race cranksets & kits. Starting Monday, April 27, the Race crankset and crank kit will come standard with Gun Drilled Hollow axles. The sets & kits will be designated GDH Race Cranksets and pricing will not change. Solid spindles will no longer be available on Profile cranks.
Testing of the new GDH spindles showed comparable durability with the solid chromemoly spindles. The new GDH Race cranksets & kits will therefore continue to have the same Limited Life Time Warranty as the previous solid chromemoly spindles.
The weight savings is substantial. The new GDH version cuts the spindle weight by 28%. The new Crankset (complete) now weighs 2 lbs. 3.7 oz. With the emphasis on lighter BMX and MTB components, Profile Racing is constantly researching and designing lighter parts while maintaining strength. In our development stage we found it is very difficult to drill a deep hole (where the depth is approximately forty-eight times the diameter of the hole) that is both straight and accurately sized with a regular drill. Profile decided to use the manufacturing process used by the firearm industry. The barrel of a gun must be very straight and accurately sized. The gun drill tool was designed to create these long straight holes and is a perfect complement to our hollow spindle manufacturing process.
The MSRP for the new GDH Race crankset is still $149.99 for the crank kit (w/o BB) and $176.98 complete.
Profile Racing distributors carrying the new GDH Race cranksets & kits are:
CUSTOM CYCLE SUPPLY
3619 N.W. 124th AVENUE
CORAL SPRINGS, FL 33065
800-645-2453
QUALITY BICYCLE PRODUCTS
6400 W. 105th STREET
BLOOMINGTON, MN 55438
800-346-0004
More information can be obtained by contacting:
Charlie Fernandez - Marketing (charlie@profileracing.com)
Matt Coplon - BMX Sales (matt@profileracing.com)
Gus Lanzilotta - BMX/MTB Sales (gus@profileracing.com)
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Article id# 850
| Added Apr 27, 2009 |
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