Re: [CR]Looking for Stronglight crank puller/chain rings

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Date: Sun, 04 Mar 2001 12:18:51 -0500
From: Jerry & Liz Moos <moos@penn.com>
To: Harvey M Sachs <sachs@erols.com>, Classic Rendezvous <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Subject: Re: [CR]Looking for Stronglight crank puller/chain rings
References: <20010304035548.28556.qmail@web1305.mail.yahoo.com> <5.0.2.1.1.20010304111532.00a54cf0@pop.erols.com>


You are correct about the threads - TA was 23mm, Stronglight 23.35mm. There have probably been lots of old Stronglight arms ruined by trying to use the TA end of a Park puller. BTW, just got the newer Park CCP-2 puller, and it no longer has the TA threaded end, only the 22mm extractor. I'll have to pick up a TA puller or another CCP-1 as a spare in case I lose my old CCP-1. BTW, when did Campy switch to left hand extractor thread? Were there left hand dustcaps, or has the left hand thread alway been used in combination with allen head crank bolts? This may cause a problem with my thought of using a newer Campy left arm as a mate to my late 80's Victory right arm. Without a lefthand dustcap, I'd have to use the too-new allen bolts or else leave off the right dustcap in order to make the appearance match as closely as possible.

Regards,

Jerry Moos

Harvey M Sachs wrote:
> At 09:09 3/4/2001 -0500, Jerry & Liz Moos wrote:
> ><snip>
>
> >There used to be a lot of the original Stronglight pullers
> >around, I think they probably came with the cranks at one time. These
> >are smaller and simpler than the VARs, you may still stumble across one
> >at a swap meet.
>
> The one I have looks exactly like a TA puller. However, I don't think that
> the threads are quite the same. Am I wrong?
> harvey sachs
>
> >Regards,
> >
> >Jerry Moos
> >
> >Jeff Widman wrote:
> >
> > > Speaking of 122 BCD old Stronglight cranks, I have a
> > > 1980 Peugeot with these components. Anyways I'm
> > > looking for a crank puller that works with the old
> > > Stronglights, as well as some chain rings. I'm not
> > > particularly concerned on teeth numbers, but rather
> > > price. Sheldon Brown has some chainrings, as does
> > > Loose Screws, but I don't really want to pay sixty
> > > bucks. Can I just flip the rings over? Anyone got some
> > > older barely used/unused rings they'll sell?
> > > Anyone got a crank puller? Sheldon Brown has the VAR
> > > model, but once again, $25?
> > > Jeff
> > >
> > > --- Jerry & Liz Moos <moos@penn.com> wrote:
> > > > Steve, "Depose" is the French word for "patented" or
> > > > "registered", the
> > > > equivalent of the "Brev." on Campy equipment. Most
> > > > old Stronglight cotterless
> > > > cranks had a 122mm inner circle and an outer circle
> > > > that was either 122mm or, on
> > > > model 49, the very small outer circle used by TA
> > > > Cyclotourist and a host of
> > > > others going back to the early part of the 20th
> > > > century. The exception was
> > > > model 99, which had an 86mm circle for both rings.
> > > > BTW, be aware that
> > > > Stronglight arms before 1982 had a unique 23.35mm
> > > > extractor thread as compared
> > > > to the 22mm Campy thread that became the defacto
> > > > standard in the 80's. You will
> > > > need an extractor made for these (I think Sheldon
> > > > still sells them). DO NOT try
> > > > to use the TA end of a Park extractor. It is 23mm,
> > > > which may look like it will
> > > > work, but will probably strip the thread. The PX-10
> > > > site has photos of most of
> > > > the old Stronglight models - you might find yours
> > > > there.
> > > >
> > > > Regards,
> > > >
> > > > Jerry Moos
> > > >
> > > > Steve Freides wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > My long-awaited Meteor arrived earlier today; the
> > > > non-drive side crank says
> > > > > Stronglight in big letters and "DEPOSE" in smaller
> > > > ones. Is that some sort
> > > > > of generic term or a reference to the model?
> > > > >
> > > > > It has thread-on caps and thus, I think, it's
> > > > cotterless. The bike is
> > > > > vintage approximately 1960 and I'm trying to
> > > > determine what's original and
> > > > > what's not on it. The bolt circle is one I'm not
> > > > familiar with and the
> > > > > rings are 52 and 36, with pretty big nuts and
> > > > bolts holding the big ring on,
> > > > > 13mm nuts, I'm guessing just by eyeballing them.
> > > > >
> > > > > Any info much appreciated. I'm hoping to finish
> > > > putting it together and get
> > > > > it out on the road tomorrow or Sunday.
> > > > >
> > > > > -S-
> > > > >
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