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| Category: | Cranksets |
| Name: | Miche Supertype |
| Brand: | Miche |
| Model: | Supertype |
| Years: | Early 1990's - Late 1990's |
| Country: | Italy |
| Weight: | 274 grams (Actual),
cranks only, 570g for cranks with chainrings |
| Added By: | Catnap on 07/30/13 |
| Updated By: | peterbman on 01/20/17 |
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| Chainring Count | Double | BCD  | 135mm / 74mm |
| BB Style | Square Taper (ISO) | Pedal Threads | 9/16" x 20 (English) |
| BB Length | | Flutes | None |
| Lengths | 165; 167.5; 170; 172.5; 175 | Arm/Spider Material | Aluminum Alloy |
| Front Markings | Supertype | Back Markings | |
| Extractor Threading | 22x1mm (Standard) | | |
Supertype is a set of high end components, that includes the crankset, a pair of hubs, the cassette cogs, a pair of pedals and a seatpost. The Supertype crankset tries to combine the typical Italian classical look with the latest technology available. It is made of Avional 2014 aluminum alloy, forged and heat treated. After the forging, the piece is CNC machined, so it joins the best of both worlds: the hardness and fiber orientation provided by the forge process, and the abilities of the CNC machines to develop extremely high precision shapes. Once finished the shaping of the piece, it is carefully polished and silver anodized.  Chainrings are made of Ergal 7075 aluminum alloy. This is the hardest alloy available, so it is used to also manufacture the chainring bolts. Miche sells this crankset in 167.5, 170, 172.5 and 175mm sizes.
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Miche is a historic Italian bicycle component manufacturer. Miche started in 1936, when Ferdinando Michelin changed his business from being a bicycle manufacturer (started in 1909) to a company that specializes in development of components.
Wayne Bingham, 2017: "I talked with some people at Miche. I was told by Miche that they have, since their earliest days, made their own hubs, cranks, BBs, chainrings, cogs, seatposts, headsets (many of which used the same roller bearings used in Stronglight headsets) and some other items. They never made bearings, derailleurs, shifters, etc., and still don't. They stopped selling headsets when they stopped production of their last 1" threaded and unthreaded roller bearing headsets."
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